I havn’t followed the events concerning the trial of Saddam Hussein that much, last I heard it was postponed beacuse the Saddam refused to acknowladge the court as legal, or something to that effect. So, what’s next? How about a convenient affliction:

Patkai Bum (n.)
Mysterious illness afflicting recently deposed heads of state which means they aren’t well enough to stand trial.

If I was a bookmaker I wouldn’t give that option any higher odds, it has been proven efficient in the past and is probably a fun game worth trying for any ex-dictator in need some sort of pasttime after having been deprived the daily diversions of running a nation.

Oh, and The Deeper Meaning of Liff (or A dictionary of things that there aren’t any words for yet) is full of things that, when you think about it, really need words. I’m thankful that authors Douglas Adams and John Lloyd also noticed that the world is full of words that don’t have anything better to do than sit around on signs all day long. Here are a few more examples:

Happas(n.)
The amusement caused by passport photos.

Ely (n.)
The first, tiniest inkling that something, somewhere, had gone terribly wrong.

Kent (adj.)
Politely determined not to help despite a violent urge to the contrary.
Kent expressions are seen on on the faces of people who are good at something watching someone else who can’t do it at all.

In short, a book no-one should have to be without, as well as one of the few dictionaries that are fun to read from cover to cover.