I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.

Unlike ecumenism, transformationalism is not an expression of denominational uniformity, but an expression of interdenominational alliances.

That cumsock Dante cancelling my booking because he thought my guesthouse wasn't good enough.

This softens the meat further, but at some loss of crunch to the bark.