("We have a mutual enemy". "Vegetables?") But it was more amusing than the case of the week, which really seemed to be there just to build to the lesson about accountability at the end.
With the help of some amusing and horrifying case studies adapted from his own experiences and some 50 interviews he conducted for the book, James devotes the first half of Office Politics to telling you how to recognise an arsehole when you're sharing an office with one.
The mayor, an amused and amusing man, energetically presents his case for Mr. Atay's consideration, then shrugs and basically says, "Hey, what do I have to lose?" — a nicely judged exit sentiment for a heavy-light show.
I felt comfortable in pausing at pieces that were particularly striking and in a few cases amusing.
The government's attempts to show that Manning's leaks aided Al Qaeda were almost laughable, although nothing about this case is amusing.
Sue and Mel, meanwhile, scurried around trying to make themselves amusing, in Sue's case by turning into Julian Clary.
Leibniz illustrates the claim with an amusing reference to a case that the Areopagites (judges on the Areopagus, the highest court of appeals in Ancient Athens) were having trouble deciding, their solution (i.e., de facto, but not de jure, acquittal) being to adjourn it "to a date in the distant future, giving themselves a hundred years to think about it" (Leibniz 1704 [1981]: 181).
It's an amusing, and in some cases practical, list, with lies ranging from "All you need to be a writer is talent" to "Underwear is definitely pants".
Still, the SEC's case makes for amusing summer reading.
