Hadarah: Your Excellency, Ah know you wouldn't be draped in the flag unless you'd just signed a new oil import deal with the US government. Excessively profitable to you, Ah presume? Sheik shaking the profit tree?
Sheik Ollie Babble: Ize haf patriotific feelings toward 'Murricans and dere addictilization to gas-guzzler veekickles. Yew got bazillions from yewr oil and gas leeses in duh Laweezeeannah byeyoos, Empress, sew yew kaint catplain.
Hadarah: *giggle* Indeed not. In fact, Ah'd like to propose a joint venture between our kingdoms, Ollie dahlink. Exploratory drilling has determined vast amounts of oil beneath the Great Barrier Reef. Ah suggest we put a floating platform there and call it a new country over which we jointly declare sovereignty. Then we catch all the fish for our private consumption, blow up the Reef, and drill for oil.
Sheik Ollie Babble: Conservayshun groops will haf conniptshuns! Purrtest groops, hosteel repurrters, Mewnited Nayshuns sankshuns. Let's doo it! Haffn't had sewmany funs fur yeers!
Hadarah: Ah thought you'd be interested. Now, we really must meet the other guests. They're giving you an award, you know.
Sheik Ollie Babble: Caturally, I desurffs awards, speshullee wenn purrsented by beyootifur gurlz. Watts duh groop, buy duh way?
Hadarah: Furriends of the Earth. Ah told them your oil drilling equipment is furry careful to purrtect the breeding grounds of the lesser sand scorpion.
Sheik Ollie Babble: Dere's no such crittur!
Hadarah: That's the beauty of it. Ah told them it isn't in any biology books because it had been believed extinct. They're terribly purrleased with you.
Do come along, Ollie dahlink, or the champagne will get warm.
