There are more than a dozen parody versions of this scene from The Fallen currently available on You Tube. Here are two of my favourites:

The housing boom goes bust



and John McCain graciously concedes defeat



What surprises me is that no-one has done one in an Irish flavour. I mean it's not as if our leaders hadn't seen a number of reversals of late what with Bertie's downfall, the back down on the budget and the terminal decline of the PDs.

Come on Irish viral videopushers, get yer finger out