MIPIM could not pass without at least some lawyers making total fools of themselves. The Diary was polishing off its last beverage for one night when a group of inebriated French lawyers began a disturbing demonstration of machismo with a press-ups competition.

It did not take long for the flexing of male muscles to descend into the gutter when one of the lawyers pulled his trousers down and simulated an act that shouldn’t really be happening in a gym-type situation.