Political Gaffes

"And in terms of the Maldives or the Falklands, whatever your preferred term, our position on this is that we are going to remain neutral." - Barack Obama on the Malvinas/Falklands row

"Amigo! Amigo!" - George W. Bush tries to get Silvio Berlusconi's attention at the G-8 Summit

“You look like you’re ready for bed!” - The Duke of Edinburgh to the President of Nigeria, who was wearing national dress.

"The people of Peru, I think, deserve better." - Dick Cheney criticising Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela.

"It's great to be back on terra cotta." - John Prescott

"We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border." - John McCain during the 2008 Presidential campaign.

“You managed not to get eaten then?” - The Duke of Edinburgh, to a British trekker in Papua New Guinea.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve travelled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go." - Barack Obama.

"When you have a fire in an aircraft, there's no place to go. You can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open. I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem." - Mitt Romney asks why aeroplane windows don't open.

"Syria is Iran's path to the sea" - Mitt Romney, again. The two countries do not share a border.

"I love California; I practically grew up in Phoenix." - Dan Quayle

“It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.” - The Duke of Edinburgh to then Paraguay dictator General Stroessner

"My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize."
- Republican Hank Johnson of Georgia, talking about the island of Guam.

"You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska." - Sarah Palin

“Aren’t most of you descended from pirates?” - The Duke of Edinburgh to Cayman Islanders

“I'm so happy to be in the great state of Chicago.” - Dan Quayle

"Africa was a country on the brink." - Senator Rick Santorum

"Ubeckibeckibeckibeckistanstan... a small insignificant state." - Herman Cain struggles with his pronounciation.

“If you travel as much as we do, you appreciate the improvements in aircraft design of less noise and more comfort – provided you don’t travel in something called economy class, which sounds ghastly.” - The Duke of Edinburgh, to the Aircraft Research Association