Stand in an elevator and take in your croissant-carrying fellow-traveller and know that under that sober exterior lies a passionate animal who has almost certainly, at one time or another, bitten or been the bitee.
One of the most legendary of all the "eerie" writers, Francesca Lia Block, is another Bitten contributor.
The gold prospectors will die one after another, bitten by snakes fallen from the sky or devoured by jaguars appearing from everywhere in the forest.
"The b went past me as if I were a double-decker bus," one rider remarked sourly after his mount, no slouch, had received the full Arkle treatment near the finish: "He'd have won with the whole Taaffe family on his back". "There wasn't anything I could do," said another hard-bitten professional.
Since returning, Dean Ambrose was undercut by yet another snake-bitten Shield reunion as Roman Reigns was forced to take a leave of absence to battle his returning leukemia.
Another hard-bitten old tycoon, a veteran of dozens of acquisitions, says, "When they come to me with a company and say, 'Look at that earnings growth, up X% every year,' I say to myself, 'And I know why your company is for sale; it's on the brink; you've used up all the credits you had.'".
Had Suarez really bitten another player for the third time in his remarkable and controversial career, this time with the eyes of the world on him?
Because someone who has suffered one allergic reaction to one bite or sting has a 60percentt chance of experiencing another similar reaction if bitten or stung again, be sure, if this describes you, to discuss an action plan for yourself with your doctor or allergist.
The candidates then went through a series of tests, in which they categorised "me" words (myself, mine) and "wizard" words (wand, broomstick, spells, potions) by pressing one key when they appeared on the screen, and "not me" words (they, theirs) and "vampire" words (blood, undead, fangs, bitten) by pressing another key, with the test then reversed.
Jean-Paul, aged 60, a retired heating worker, puts it another way: "If you are bitten by a dog or bitten by a bitch, you are still bitten".
At one time perhaps low-hanging political fruit, the Groundhog Day celebration has sometimes been perilous for mayors in recent years, causing one a lightly bitten index finger and another a lightly bruised reputation.
