for the love of GOD stop feeding me straight lines

[waider]

The French hospital treating Yasser Arafat says there is no change in his condition, which is stable.

is making me think of Top Secret; misquoting from memory:

*phone rings*
East German Officer: Yes... yes... yes... let me know if there is any change in his condition.
*hangs up phone, turns to Nick*
East German Officer: He's dead.