Passage taken directly from my International Environmental Law casebook, part of an excerpt from Ambassador Tommy Koh's reflections on a United Nations environmental summit:

"At 4:00 am, after eight hours in the chair, I was desperate to go to the toilet. I also sensed that there was a lot of tension in the room. I announced that we would recess the meeting for five minutes in order to enable me to make a discharge of a non-toxic waste. I promised to do it in an environmentally safe and sound manner. The delegates broke into laughter and the meeting resumed in a better mood."

File that under too much information...