Courtroom

Today Gangu went to the court, at 9:00 am. Gangu was thinking up ways to convince the judge that he wasn’t sexually harassing Mercedes... but can he... well that is the challenge, he thought. Just before the trial started... Gangu managed to catch a glimpse of the judge, and this made Gangu feel like the luckiest man in the whole world! OMG the Judge is a woman!!! Phew! This trial would be a piece of cake.

As Gangu passed the Judge, Gangu looked towards her seat, I said... "Your honor, you honor me with your presence ;-)"

She then turned and stared at me... "I see.", she responded coldly, and resumed to her seat. Oh man... her reaction wasn't as friendly as I expected.

The trial began... "Miss Mercedes, What are you charging Mr. Gangu with?"

Mercedes: "Well, your honor, I am charging Gangu with sexual harressment.” She explained to the Judge the whole scenario “… He kept licking my feet while I screamed NO!! STOP IT!!! I even kicked him on the face 15 times... but he still kept licking until he finished eating every spec of chicken curry left on my feet!"

"I see", the judge responded.

"And you Mr. Gangu, what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Your honor, I am innocent! If Miss Mercedes really did mind me licking curry off her feet, I do not understand why she was laughing the whole time. I also have the curry to blame... It was so good... my mind could not sense the vicious blows she dealt, until the whole act was over."

"So, Mr. Gangu, you blame your actions on your food!?", the judge scoffed back.

"But your Honor, if you only tasted the chicken curry I make! I have a tiffin box full of it in my car. May I go and get it??? Pleaseee???"

"You may not leave the court room. Ummm… But you may ask one of the security guards to go and get it. I believe you do not object, do you, Mr. Gangu?"

"Not at all, your Honor... Not at all."

It took the guard 20 minutes to return with the tiffin box. He obediently placed it by the Judge.

She opened the tiffin box. The aroma conquered her… “Mmmmmmmm That smells gooood! Ahem. Excuse me. Umm... Where were we? Oh yeah... But you said the box was full… there is only a mouth full left.”

“No! no! That couldn’t be… Gangu made it with his owwwwwwwnn…” I immediately turned around and stared at the security guard.

“I DIDN’T DOOO ANYTHING!!! I AM SORRY! I DIDN’T KNOWWWW… IT SMELLED TOO GOOD… I DIDN’T DOO ITT!” screamed the guard as he fled out of the courtroom. Following this, there was chaos in the courtroom… Everybody “Ohhh”ed and “Ahhh”ed…

As this was happening… the judge could not help tasting the final servings of chicken curry that Gangu had made with his own hands.

“MMmmmmmmmm! That was good… Do you have anymore, in the car, Mr. Gangu?”

“No, your honor, I don’t at present. But I can always make more if you care to join me for dinner ;-)”, Gangu hinted.

“Ohhhh Okkk, I will se- Wait! Ahem! Ahem! We will discuss that outside the court of law. More importantly, I will address to this courtroom, the decision I reached concerning this case.”

The court waited patiently… while the Judge reviewed her papers… After 5 minutes the Judge said:

“After hearing both sides, and reviewing the evidence… First, I am charging Miss Mercedes guilty of injuring Mr. Gangu - $3000 must be paid to Mr. Gangu by the end of this week. Secondly, after observing the consequences of Mr. Gangu’s chicken curry, I am going to propose a bill to make Mr. Gangu’s Chicken Curry illegal in the state of New Jersey. Mr. Gangu, the security guard, and even my actions of eating the curry were clearly influenced by it’s aroma and taste. Thus, it is evident that the curry is to blame. As for Mr. Gangu… He stated in the beginning of the trial that he was confused because Miss Mercedes was laughing throughout the act, due to the process of being tickled, and hence this misunderstanding added to the Chicken Curry, clearly influenced him to act as he did. Therefore, in conclusion, Mr. Gangu is innocent of all charges.”

“Court Is Adjourned!”

Mercedes seemed like she couldn’t believe her ears… MEEE??? ORDERED TO PAY GANGU $3000?!?

On the other side of the courtroom, Gangu seemed more upset… He was screaming as tears flooded his eyes… TAKEEE MEEEEE! LOCK MEE UPPP!!! NOT MYYY CHICKEN CURRRYYYY!!!! THE CURRRYYY IS INNOCENTTTT!!! WHY IS THE LAW SOOO CRUEL!?!??