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

The Further Temptations of Kenneth Starr

Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to President Obama.

"This is a duet yourself project."

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?"

Diplomacy Between Cuba and US

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!"

Julian Assange

Love and hate

Negotiations

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

Merkel and Hollande in Moscow

"Your grass looks great."

'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...!"

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

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

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

Cuba and USA open embassies

"We've hit a snag in negotiations."

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

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