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As he trolled past the room a tempest of tempers tossed round in torpedoes of tepid tantrums.

-I will not accept this word from Them! Too many of their words are already in our lexicon! And now this! This ‘saree’!

-I believe it is ‘sorree’.

-It is sheer nonsense!

-Could you use it in a sentence?

-Certainly. You thought your wife was cheating on you. Well, when she came to visit me for that weekend she did. Sorree.

-But it is a clear admission of guilt!

-She cheated on me with you?

-It is quite brilliant actually. You see the first part of the statement was an admittance of some act performed that quite possibly caused offence. However, with the inclusion of the word ‘sorree’ it negates the entire ugliness of the act and, in some of our preliminary studies, has been showing pangs of guilt within the offended party.

-You slept with my wife?

-But still! This admits that we have done something wrong! Think of the sound bites! The sound bites!

-I guess, in some way, this might show that you care?

-This is no way for somebody to lead a country! This secretion of self infallibility will not garner respect from the populace!

-Has anybody seen the polls? Does anybody know if caring carries any water these days?

-You see! Nobody cares about caring these days!

-Because it demands too much personal investment which nobody is willing to attempt?

-In a manner of speaking: yes.

-You really slept with my wife?

-In a manner of speaking: yes.

-We are in agreement then! We will not say ‘sorree’!

-God save the King.