Pelican brief

Here's a BP spinner thinking out loud: "Those pelicans are brown pelicans. They are brown anyway. It's not because they are coated in oil."

Sort of. But will BP boss Tony Hayward be brave enough to try that line out on Obama?

Good news and bad

As Czech president, Vaclav Klaus, is cheered by UK Eurosceptics over the fuss he's causing around the EU Treaty, the following gag is doing the rounds in Prague.
US president, Barack Obama, and Russian PM, Vladimir Putin, join Klaus in an audience with God.
The Almighty tells them that the world will end in 48 hours - so the leaders return home to report back to their people.
Putin informs Russians that he has good news and bad. The bad news is that there is a God, but the good news is that He is having a dialogue with Russia.
Obama also reports good news and bad: the good is that there is a God. The bad - that the world will end in two days.
Klaus, on the other hand, only sees two pieces of good news when he addresses Czech voters. Firstly, that there is a God. And secondly, that there will be no EU Treaty.