I rang room service, and asked for a bottle of Perrier, because while I was asleep someone had come in and carpeted my throat.

Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the country is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers.

Strictly speaking, the land does not exist; it is merely dehydrated sea.

Having lost the last war, they are currently enjoying a Wirtschaftswunder, which can be briefly translated as 'The best way to own a Mercedes is to build one.'