Percy, who’s Queen?

Frisbee as a metaphor for sovereign immunity

Percy and Queenie are playing frisbee. Queenie throws.

Percy (catches the Frisbee): Howzat!

Queenie: Percy, who's Queen?

Percy (drops the Frisbee): Oh! Butterfingers!

The very worst reason for agreeing to a counterparty’s demand, but one which is all too often the chief motivating factor, particularly of Sales and their glad-handing lightweight counterparts in senior relationship management.

Also, the intellectual grounding for sovereign immunity.

See also

• Sovereign immunity