Dead French parrot

The headline on this Independent story is nuanced: "Arafat is alive but condition is 'very complex', say French" Translation: We are still looking for the Swiss bank account number.

Years ago there was a running Saturday Night Live joke (when SNL was actually funny) about Franco still being dead. If they were still funny they would have an Arafat Still Alive segment with John Cleese as a desperate French politician trying to revive the dead long enough to convince a Swiss banker who slams the corpse against a counter insisting,

'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased
to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft
of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be
pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off
the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run
down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

Old terrorists never die, apparently, but they do fall of their perches.

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