The Nasty Affair at the Burami Oasis is an episode of The Goon Show, a British radio comedy.
The British Garrison at the Burami Oasis is under constant siege from Arab bandits led by the notorious Sheikh Rattelland Roll.
A British gunboat under the command of Admiral Ned Seagoon is dispatched to the oasis to restore peace to the area.
One problem exists, however: how to get a gunboat into an oasis only ten feet long.
There really is a Buraimi Oasis, which was the site of a battle between British-led forces and Arab tribesmen in October 1955 known as the Buraimi Dispute, which the episode loosely parodies, with an actual BBC News broadcast clip opening.