But none of them ever seemed to gel into recognisable human statements, leaving instead a feeling of being caught up within some closed circle of ritual meaning, like accidentally stumbling into a four-hour Syldavian Orthodox church service and feeling obliged to sit there mumbling through the incantations and helplessly mouthing along with the hymns.
Miller told Alan Ayckbourn, who directed A View from the Bridge in London two years ago, that when it was first produced in New York, a man sat in the same seat in the stalls each night, shaking his head and mumbling.
His energy levels peak and trough; they're at a high when he's demanding "some pimp music" for P.I.M.P. or being lap-danced by his coterie of dancers during his gentlemanly Akon collaboration I Wanna Fuck You, and at a low when mumbling through chunks of boudoir R&B or when possessed by the ragga Lion within.
He lifted his head off the gurney, grunting and mumbling, calling out "Oh, man".
This merely triggered a lot of mumbling and coughing, alas.
Gay conservatives are mumbling of undisclosed homosexuals in the Republican hierarchy.
The Japanese want a special fund to help South-East Asian countries, and are mumbling about controlling capital flows.
And when pressed by this correspondent during a group interview to explain his strategy for the television business, he dodged the question by mumbling something about waiting for an internal report on the topic.
He apologised for his mulish handling of the issue by mumbling, somewhat incoherently: "Maybe I felt too strongly about getting all the wrong priorities out of the way so we can focus on the right things at once".In this section Still sick and gloomy, now rebellious Facing the voters End of the road for the Taliban?
Conservatives are also mumbling about gay couples who only fulfil the residency requirements through second homes.Only a handful of liberal states, including Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York, have suggested they might honour same-sex marriages performed in Massachusetts.
The ministry has stoutly defended its refusal, mumbling about foreign meddling in Mexican politics.
