A little while ago, a friend and I had terrific fun at a dinner party winding up an archetypal Californian lefty-liberal with the assertion that the Golden Arches is one of the greatest achievements of mankind. Specifically, that one can enter a McDonalds anywhere on the planet and get exactly the same product, guaranteed the same quality and taste, whether it be on the battlefields of Iraq, or in Moscow, Hampstead or Delhi.

Such an assertion, whilst deliberately designed to wind up said liberal-leftists, has the added advantage of being entirely and demonstrably true.

Except it isn’t true. Try ordering one of those 100% all-beef patties, lettuce, cheese, pickle and onions on a sesame seed bun in Delhi. Doh!

UPDATE : Polly now says “Someone has emailed pointing out a howler above. You can’t buy one in Delhi. Oops. You know what I mean, though.” (Translation – I have just read on Guido.) No one would have to email if he had a blog with comments, would they? Alas, like the burgers in Delhi, he is chicken.