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{{a|negotiation|}}''[[Game For A Laugh]]'' was a derivatives-based British TV gameshow in the 1980s hosted by Jeremy Beadle, then chair of {{icds}}. The show’s format revolved around a variety of elaborate practical jokes inflicted on unsuspecting [[subject matter expert]]s in the [[financial services]] community. Studio games included the “[[NAV]] Tank”, “[[due dilly|Due Dilly]] Dally”, “Secret Co-[[Calculation Agent]]” in which varying amounts of mess were dealt out. Upon being let in on the joke by a member of {{icds}}, who would then announce that [[negotiator]] had proved to be “game for a laugh!”'' | {{a|negotiation| | ||
[[File:Game for a laugh.png|450px|thumb|center|Scene of the dreadful [[quintuple negative]] accident, yesterday.]] | |||
}}''[[Game For A Laugh]]'' was a derivatives-based British TV gameshow in the 1980s hosted by Jeremy Beadle, then chair of {{icds}}. The show’s format revolved around a variety of elaborate practical jokes inflicted on unsuspecting [[subject matter expert]]s in the [[financial services]] community. Studio games included the “[[NAV]] Tank”, “[[due dilly|Due Dilly]] Dally”, “Secret Co-[[Calculation Agent]]” in which varying amounts of mess were dealt out. Upon being let in on the joke by a member of {{icds}}, who would then announce that [[negotiator]] had proved to be “game for a laugh!”'' | |||
The most popular segment of the show was “Comprehend the ISDA”, where a hapless [[negotiator]] was tied to a chair and suspended upside-down over a tank of custard, and required to interpret a short extract from the {{imcsd}} while a ticking clock counted down from 4 hours. When the clock ran down a hooter would blare the studio would explode with confetti, a trapdoor would open, and the negotiator would be dunked in the custard. This segment eventually led to the show’s cancellation when a [[School-leaver from Bucharest|School Leaver from Bucharest]] was tragically killed by the quintuple negative in the definition of {{isdaprov|Indemnifiable Tax}}. | The most popular segment of the show was “Comprehend the ISDA”, where a hapless [[negotiator]] was tied to a chair and suspended upside-down over a tank of custard, and required to interpret a short extract from the {{imcsd}} while a ticking clock counted down from 4 hours. When the clock ran down a hooter would blare the studio would explode with confetti, a trapdoor would open, and the negotiator would be dunked in the custard. This segment eventually led to the show’s cancellation when a [[School-leaver from Bucharest|School Leaver from Bucharest]] was tragically killed by the quintuple negative in the definition of {{isdaprov|Indemnifiable Tax}}. | ||