Israel recalls "naked ambassador"

By Heraclitus

Okay, I'm just pilfering this title from the BBC story. When I first saw the headline, I thought it was going to be about some kind of nudist diplomat who insisted on greeting local officials in his birthday suit. Not quite.

Israel has recalled its ambassador to El Salvador after he was found drunk and naked apart from bondage gear.

Wait, "apart from bondage gear"? Meaning like, he was apart from, not near bondage gear? Why is that detail in the sentence. Oh -- here's what they mean:

Reports say he was able to identify himself to police only after a rubber ball had been removed from his mouth.

I guess this is what a John Le Carré novel would look like if it were made into a movie by Quentin Tarantino.

Meanwhile, I know diplomats are known for being understated, but Israeli foreign ministry spokeswoman Zehavit Ben-Hillel takes this to a whole new level:

"We're talking about behaviour that is unbecoming of a diplomat."