Futility in the desert

A FIDE-official is taking part in a tournament. He is rather late for the first round, and he knows as good as any what THAT means. Just when he is about to enter the playing hall, his cell phone rings. At the display he can see it is from Kirsan, so anyway he answers the call.
"Hello, Kirsan. It is a bit inconvenient just now. Can you call back later?"
Kirsan agrees and the FIDE-official hurries to the playing hall - so much that he forgets to switch off the cell phone.
After some twenty minutes play his phone rings again. He knows what THAT means, nothing to do about that, so he stops the clock and shakes hands with his opponent. Then he answers the call.
"Hello, it is Kirsan. I just want to tell you that the Presidental Board has postponed the new rules about forfeiting if you are too late for the round."

And now a difficult case for the future chess jurisdiction: Just at the beginning of a playing session a players cell phone rings. It is his opponent calling, telling him that he is too late and therefore resigns the game, which is anyway lost. Will they both be given a zero?

A FIDE-official is walking around in the Sahara Desert, wearing Bermuda-shirts, sunglasses and sunhat. A beduine comes riding by on a chamel.
"Excuse me, sir", says the FIDE-official". "Can you tell me how far it is to the beach?"
"Well, sir, about 1000 kilometres", the beduine answers.
"Ok, then I think I will stay on the beach."