Think of them as epic fails, with frosting.
For all the westernisation visible in Moscow, sometimes understanding simply fails, with grimly surreal effect.
Trouble is, when the president and Congress fail, the country fails with them.
A fresh-faced character who tries, and fails, with emotionally winning oratory.
If Facebook fails with its own team of engineers, it could buy a smartphone maker.
If the backwater levee fails, much of that accounting fails with it.
"The smaller the screen resolution the device contains, the more likely it fails with apps or games," noted Testdroid.
They might also want Mr. Obama to fail, which means America fails, with them included in the sinking ship.
But if the electric utility system fails with the cellular network each cell site needs its own source of backup power.
A smart change of direction from Kvitova reduces the Czech's arrears to 40-15, make that 40-30 as Robson fails with a forehand.
"He has no idea how miserably he fails with almost every turn, how many possible words or optimal plays slip by unnoticed.
