Meanwhile, in overseas bathroom news
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After some consternation over the meaning and purpose of the Prime Minister’s visit to the Brazilian foreign minister’s bathroom, we have now the following official clarification.
“That’s absolutely incorrect. It never happened,” Carlos de Abreu said. “There was good chemistry between both delegations.” He said Harper went to the bathroom for “regular reasons.” ”It is something that every human being has to do every now and then. Nobody would have negotiated that (whether to have toasts before or after.)”
