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Whatever the translation, the Israelis construe Cleese’s utterance as the generals’ official approval of a military strike. Delighted, they give one another victorious high five signs and triumphantly exit to launch their attack.

This is a bit overwrought: I don't think John Cleese is aiding a subliminal campaign to noramalise the prospect of launching a war against Iran through the medium of a TV advert for a fattening choclate-based snacks (also noted: when Israel won wars, it didn't allow its human materiel to be corrupted by TV ads for fattening chocolate-based snacks). It's more of a death march of commerce thing, with a cute Silly Walk angle. 

But poor old John Cleese, blundering around the world at his age, picking up the advertunities. I look forward to seeing him in a flat turban, promoting the excellence of the Iranian Pistachio Marketing Board, maybe throwing in some hardened shell jokes.

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[nick s]

poor old John Cleese, blundering around the world at his age, picking up the advertunities.

He flogged off the rights to his fourth wedding to Hello!, which I believe was meant to help pay the alimony from his third marriage.

[Alex]

He flogged off the rights to his fourth wedding to Hello!, which I believe was meant to help pay the alimony from his third marriage

Multidivorce seems so 1980s these days doesn't it? Put it away.

[dsquared]

Someone needs to be made aware that the Ministry of Silly Walks isn't actually a ministry.

(It was converted into an agency in the 90s and is now called OfWalk)

[Chris Williams]

Daniel has forgotten to remind us that the MoSW became an agency under the Next Steps programme.

[ajay]

I thought it was turned into a PFI, under which Serco agrees to provide up to 25 staff on secondment who will walk in a silly way whenever the UK government requires them to do so, but are free to walk normally at all other times.

[A Different Alex]

But many of those staff are not "fit-to-walk" - whatever Atos might say.

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From the link:

Arsalan Fathipour, an Iranian lawmaker who heads the Energy Committee of Iran's parliament, called for a ban on the import of all Samsung products

Boy, Samsung just can't get a break right now, can they?

[nick s]

Multidivorce seems so 1980s these days doesn't it?

As Terry Gilliam said a little while back: “John has been married already three times and each time to the same woman. They always seem to be blonde and American; the only difference is that each time they get younger and younger.”

[belle le triste]

And the first one was the funny one. Actually I don't know if wives two and three are funny, they may be. But Connie was the funny one in the first marriage. When that fell apart he had nowhere to go but infomercials.