Envoy Gifts

Diplomats in the form of doormats

"So, the Scharfs have an atoll. Big deal."

'It was great. I hated it.'

'I suppose we've got to keep a sense of perspective. The Greeks waste our money, the French merely spend it.'

"Didn't you just say that?"

'The Ambassador will not be pleased, Madame.'

'Your 'marriage' invention sounds good, but what if it leads to a concentration of power for the central government?'

Nato Membership

Oh yeah! It does echo when you moo very loudly!

"Mr. Macron, Mr. Draghi. Welcome to Kiev! Why didn't you bring Mr. Scholz with you?"

Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to President Obama.

Diplomacy Between Cuba and US

The Further Temptations of Kenneth Starr

"This is a duet yourself project."

Richard and Wendy Kozier, of Saddle River, New Jersey, with U.N. Peacekeeping Contingent

Echo in the hippo.

"Gesundheit!"

Vacancy at the Ecuadoran Embassy

"No note!? With no note, sending our envoy's head back in a box could mean anything!"

Love and hate

Julian Assange

Negotiations

But doc, my tenuous grasp of reality is what gets me through the day!

"Your grass looks great."

Merkel and Hollande in Moscow

'This painting makes no sense. Where are the directions?'

'Rock beats scissors, sanctions it is!'

"He has encolosed the money as an attachment so we just have to print it out...!"

"Why, James. James the Munificent. How good it is to hear from you."

Government PR: 'Okay Ministers,to your seats now,please! Here comes the Ambassadoor!' / An Ambassador in the form of a Door

Cuba and USA open embassies

'When I was in the diplomatic corps. I worked at the U.N. during it's 'relevant' period.'

"He's from the U.N. . . . you can tell by the bureaucrats who came with him."

"Sorry mate - I can't come to the pub after the match because I've got to embarrass myself filming an advert for moisturiser."

"We've hit a snag in negotiations."