Odds that...

During a break in today's White House meeting, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas cracks up when Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert tells him what 'lecondel' means: 9-7

Pakistan's recently-returned former prime minister Nawaz al-Sharif, who's filed election papers, breaks out in hives after someone spikes his face powder: 5-1

Dorm rooms across the country are echoing with the refrain, "Yes, I inhaled, that was the point": 4-3

When the Writers Guild resumes talks with producers today, the awkward chitchat leads to bitter accusations, tearful confessions, and hot make-up sex: 2-1

When Usher hears she's a hot new producer and asks her to lay down some tracks for his new album, Janet Reno is delighted: 1-1