President Obama and David Cameron are shown a time machine which can see 100 years into the future. They both decide to test it by asking a question each.
President Obama goes first: “What will the USA be like in 100 years time?”
The machine whirrs and beeps and goes into action and gives him a printout. He reads it out: “The country is in good hands under the new president, crime is non-existent, there is no conflict, the economy is healthy. There are no worries.”
David Cameron thinks, “It’s not bad time machine, I’ll have a bit of that.” So he asks: “What will Britain be like in 100 years time?”
The machine whirrs and beeps and goes into action, and he gets a printout.
But he just stares at it.
“Come on David,” says Obama, “Tell us what it says.”
“I can’t! It’s all in Arabic!”