The latest landing clearance I've ever had was so late it never arrived, despite several very loud, insistent requests on our part. The first thing the tower controller said was "contact ground on ...".
The weather was CAVOK. The runway unoccupied. The other captain (there were two of us on the flight deck) said "this happened here a couple of days ago - just land". We did.
The place and time? Madrid 2006. If you've ever done a go-around there you'd understand our reluctance.
No-one said a dickie-bird.