Let's take these filthy scourges of the developed world (tech fails, last minute cancellations, and -- the worst -- people barging on the train before others have gotten off) for what they're clearly crying out to be: a digital download of the examined life.
If only the Times had reported on the Nazi death camps with the same fervor as its failed last-minute attempt to conjure up alleged victims of Donald Trump, imagine how many lives could have been saved.
In his failed last-minute quest for special treatment on financial regulation, the prime minister has taken Britain out of the room where decisions on the future of Europe will be shaped.
Adam handed in a transfer request last week after learning of Liverpool's interest, but the Reds had three bids turned down and even a cheeky offer from Tottenham failed at the last minute.
Adam handed in a transfer request last week after learning of Liverpool's interest, but Blackpool rejected three bids from the Merseyside club and even a late offer from Tottenham failed at the last minute.
But before then, Pratt is hopeful the Barmy Army repeat their attempts in 2006-07 to fly him out for the Ashes in Australia next year – a stunt that failed at the last minute because of a lack of sponsorship.
They may have known that they were about to be rumbled, but they failed at the last minute by mistyping the name of the file," he added.
Having failed in last-minute lobbying to save its multimillion-dollar contracts with the airlines, the airport security industry reacted with bitterness and skepticism to today's Congressional compromise that essentially puts private companies out of the passenger-screening business for at least three years.
But this initiative failed during last-minute negotiations at a meeting in Montréal on 3 June 2005.
But even when (and perhaps especially when) artists drift out of tune on live TV, or find that their bodies and schedules have failed them at the last minute, it's a last vestige of the kind of animal fear that can grip even the mighty Adele when they get in front of a crowd.
France failed to qualify in the last minute of their last match against Bulgaria when David Ginola lost possession and his error allowed Emil Kostadinov to score.
