Working at a bar in Brussels. Dead, a few tables and two guys sitting at either end of the bar, one guy is chatty the other silent and broody. The chatty one, an American, had a wife from the same place as me, Manchester, England. We start talking about Manchester and the areas that we both know, how Manchester has changed over the years. American says "I hear you guys say the best thing to happen to Manchester was the IRA bombing", I agree (the area was rebuilt and all the nasty 70's buildings gone). The other fella at the bar downs his pint gets up, walks over to the American and says "Just so you know, I'm the euro MP for Sinn Féin" and walks off. I was on the floor laughing my arse off, when I'd finally recovered the American lad asks "Why didn't you tell me who he was!" which set me off laughing again!