And you try being so far adrift in this weather.
As things stand in the evil empire, these two very disparate rebel factions – Wolves are bankrolled by Volkwagen whereas Gladbach have followed Dortmund's blueprint to grow organically, by sheer virtue of employing a superb coach in Lucien Favre and very good players – are both only four points adrift.
The blessing of De la Renta, who this year marks his 50th anniversary designing clothes in New York, has given Galliano a foothold into a world from which his infamous antisemitic drunken rant in a Paris bar had cut him adrift.
Yeovil are bottom of League One and 13 points adrift of the last safe spot, with five games to play.
Under the Norwegian novice, Cardiff have taken only eight points from his first 13 matches and – six points adrift of a safe position with five games left – they are set for an early return whence they came, after their promotion as champions last season.
They are only five points adrift of Arsenal, but Southampton's push for an unlikely Champions League place seems to be hitting the rocks.
Gladbach stuck to that line, too, naturally, in the wake of a classy 3-0 win away to Stuttgart that kept them only a point adrift of the No1 spot.
"It's a great result," said Mackay, whose side remain second-bottom, nine points adrift of Rotherham.
The Polish director is joking about his last film, in which Ethan Hawke played an unstable writer adrift on the outskirts of Paris.
Five years ago, the SNP was more than 10,000 votes adrift behind Crockart.
Gary Teale is hoping his St Mirren side, who ended the game still four points behind Motherwell, are not cut adrift before the split, which comes after they play the Steelmen on Tuesday night and third-bottom Ross County the following Monday.
