Brazil's crestfallen players have admitted they will be scarred for life by the record defeat to Germany, with the humiliation having left the squad perplexed and pained as they somehow attempt to rouse themselves for Saturday's third-place play-off in Brasília.
The president is reported to be perplexed by Lagardère's public display of affection.
Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic writer and supporter of gay rights, thinks not: "Robust, open public discourse about homosexuality has brought about steady gains for proponents of gay equality, but a campaign by the victors to stigmatise the defeated could bring about a backlash... I'm a bit perplexed by the people who are celebrating his firing under the present circumstances.
And that's why I was perplexed to see Melvyn Bragg chastising the BBC for its predatory commercial instincts in Media Guardian - on the very day that ITV banished news from the middle of prime time, and scheduled 10 consecutive episodes of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in the heart of the evening.
"A teenage girl, probably 16, asked me in the street how she could find the morning-after pill," said Yasmina, 30, still perplexed.
The fall in revenues perplexed City analysts after the decision to raise bonuses last year.
For a minute, she looked perplexed.
ReprintsMr Novin is perplexed by, and therefore wary of, the seemingly contradictory messages on guns that Mr Obama has put out during his time as an Illinois senator and as a presidential candidate.
It is unthinkable that the existence of this dictatorial regime is a state of affairs which other nations with a liberal conscience can allow to continue.Jessica Khine SingaporeDon't trust the governmentSIR – I am perplexed by Buttonwood's support for the idea that governments must intervene to prick asset-price bubbles (August 14th).
