Although not quite as dramatic, in 1981, Iraq asked UK to fix some tanks, which Iraq had captured from Iran, who had bought them from the UK.

From Return of the Pink Panther:

Clouseau: You play that thing and people give you the muhnay.
Beggar: People give the monkey the money.
Clouseau: It is the same.
Beggar: Oh, no. I am a musician and the monkey is a businessman. He doesn't tell me what to play, and I don't tel him what to do with his money.

The picture is of the Virgin Heathrow lounge. You can just about make out the Virgin branding on a menu.

I think you mean: "an 11-month-old carrier pigeon named Winston delivered data 25 TIMES faster"

That's quite sad, the bear doesn't look happy at all.

Baba Ghannouj is Clive Owen's nickname for Vince Vaugh in Wedding Crashers.