My wife has a quote which gets trotted out at times like this - "Don't people get themselves into some pickles?" (View Post)

About three hours. Though that was different. That was holding off until everything was done in the right order. This is holding off until the lawyers are sure there is no alternative. (View Post)

It was the name I expected (on the basis of that's what I'd heard, rather than I expected it of that inividual). (View Post)

Sordid doesn't mean illegal, though, does it? I agree it's not really a word anyone outside of tabloid journalists use any more. It's just code for 'sex is involved somehow' … (View Post)

I wonder how long it will be until "The Queen" isn't automatically assumed to mean Queen Elizabeth II? Certainly if you were to giveme a sentence whuch could refer to any queen (such a… (View Post)