Going up
Thumbs up Silvio Berlusconi did it for the "family" photo. So Obama sportingly joined in too. A terrible gesture for Bush worked for Barack. Shame Berlusconi looked like an overexcited foreign exchange student.
The Duke of Edinburgh When Barack Obama talked of meetings with the Chinese, the Russians and David Cameron, Prince Philip said: "Can you tell the difference between them?" Brilliant satirical point about Cameron's centrist Conservatism, or what?
Lula Obama jokingly told other leaders that the Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was the "most popular politician on earth" because of his good looks.
Sarah Brown A little awkward and slightly shy, dutiful Sarah was also damn glamorous.
Cuddling Michelle Obama cast aside royal protocol to put her arm around the Queen. Meanwhile, the male leaders slapped and hugged and smooched like inebriated rugby players.
Going down
Sarkozy He kissed Camilla's hand! Who does that?
London traffic Swept out of the way for Obama and co. The cleaned-up capital was as tidy as a Richard Curtis movie.
The Beast It took two flunkeys to help Obama's armoured limo, nicknamed The Beast, execute a three-point turn outside Downing Street.
Cameras It was bad enough with the protesters and the police but even politicians and diplomats inside the Excel centre were taking photos of each other. Grow up!
Canada Missing from the first G20 "family" photocall. The amazing thing was someone noticed, so the gathering reassembled when Canadian PM Stephen Harper returned from what was rumoured to be a toilet break.
