I just love how the BBC filed this news article under the entertainment section. It's like those newscasts that are a little too dark and serious so they throw in a happy story at the end to lift the mood... and this is what they use. "So yeah, the situation in the Middle-East is looking very grim... in other news, Jade Goody died and left her kids a fortune! Isn't that nice?"
"Field Marshal Haig is about to make yet another gargantuan effort to move his drinks cabinet six inches close to Berlin."
Sam: "What assurance do you give, Taraka, that this bargain will be kept?"
Taraka: "My word? I shall be happy to swear by anything you care to name--"
Sam: "A facility with oaths is not the most reassuring quality in a bargainer..."