Odds that...

When King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, arriving in the UK today for a state visit, is greeted by Prince Charles, he smiles mischievously, glad he wore his "Dodi-N-Diana Forever" shirt under his robes: 4-1

German chancellor Angela Merkel, visiting India this week for talks on trade and global warming, secretly hopes to be seduced by a macho American twice her age: 8-5

The International Atomic Energy Agency's Olli Heinonen, meeting Iranian officials for talks on their nuclear program, is disturbed when they suggest to settle things once and for all with a game of slaps: 6-1

PBS talk-show host Tavis Smiley can't believe Ellen DeGeneres has Obama on today and Letterman has Joe Torre, but he has to make do with General Wesley Clark: 3-2

Now that the Red Sox have won the World Series again, their fans will be even more insufferable than the Yankees': 1-1