There was almost a calamity of enormous proportions at the FF ardfheis in Citywest last Saturday.
When the enthusiastic members from Dβil and Senate surged forward to congratulate Bertie Ahern after his address and get their faces on television surrounding the great leader in his hour of triumph, the platform began to collapse.
Fortunately for all, RT╔ coverage was closing down and it was a slow subsidence. Beady-eyed viewers may have noticed a strange mass move away from the centre.
The Soldiers of Destiny on the platform - including the Taoiseach's personal detective on guard against a repeat of last year's rush to the stage by anti-abortion militants - had been spared both their lives and their dignity.