"It has been bothering me last couple of days," he said, adding puzzlingly, "but it's not worrying me".
I can't say this discreet device has ever bothered me, but the phenomenon is bothering lots of other people.
If it takes some iPad time to get you to an interesting destination and keep everyone happy, there's nothing wrong with that – as long as you're not bothering other people.
As the Guardian's northern editor, people keep asking why I think Osborne is bothering with all of this.
"Why do the British papers say the things they have said?" he says, referring to a Daily Mail article last month which suggested that Kos was overrun with migrants bothering tourists and hanging dirty washing around the harbour.
Maybe the men – and I'm sorry, but they are all men – sending the notifications of impending unsolicited "anal" bothering don't realise it will actually be me who reads the emails – or maybe they don't care either way.
Maybe as a playing group we can get stronger with not bothering what the opposition are doing".
Instead of a flurry of excuses from said parent and a hasty deposition of the phone, the parent responded (and I am paraphrasing): "If you spent more time getting a facelift and less time bothering people like me, then you'd be a great deal more effective as a teacher".
Manchester United have however lost patience with Radamel Falcao, who isn't worth bothering with now fellow Jorge Mendes client David de Gea is off to Real Madrid, taking his 20 points a season with him.
So I can now collaborate with you, without actually bothering you.
Republicans aren't bothering to be subtle.
