Crash is an ensemble film “varying in scope from an ensemble of characters who may meet or 'mismeet' in the same city or suburb” (Sim 2012, pp. 113).

Every member was to wear a blue cap with a red feather in it; before admittance he had to give proof of his powers of mendaciloquence; during club hours […]

• Is this ladder for sale?
• No, it is used to reach the products on the upper shelves.

While global warming is far from crank science, as the critics of Kyoto have called it, it is not the science any practising politician is likely to remember from high school, or voters readily comprehend.