The Absolute Camel

When Samuel Beckett was at a rehearsal for Play in Germany, the actor wanted to know how his character had died. Beckett said that it may have been a traffic accident, or suicide, or perhaps peacefully in bed. When the actor insisted on knowing, Beckett turned to the director and said with a smirk "Ah, the Absolute Camel" (a joke of the time, since passed into desuetude: if an Englishman wrote about a camel, the title would be "The Camel", a Frenchman "The Camel and Love", and a German "The Absolute Camel").