Tell your kids that there is no such thing as casual sex because there is no such thing as a casual pregnancy, casual abortion, casual baby, casual infection or even casual broken heart.
So Boyle decided on an experiment to show the way in which, as we would say, the pressure and the volume of the air vary, when the air is, in Boyle's words, either 'compressed or dilated.' He and his assistant, at the time Robert Hooke, made a J shaped tube and began to make a few measurements, but "were hindered from prosecuting the trial at that time by the casual breaking of the tube".
Or if a CEO proudly boasts about their corporate incubator, but the incubator's parking lot is empty at 5 15 p.m. I've learned more about a company's corporate beliefs, heroes and rituals by sitting in on a few casual coffee breaks and lunches than reading all of its corporate mission statements or inspirational posters in the cafeteria.
Graeme Smith had watched his side disintegrate in the afternoon, first to Kevin Pietersen's casual off-breaks and then to Stuart Broad, whom the cricketing muse suddenly visited.
The IfF councilors are a slightly mischievous bunch; their anti-red tape, can-do approach means they aren't averse to ruffling feathers or, on occasion, even indulging in a bit of casual rule breaking to make their point.
Some of the biggest casual "coffee break" puzzle games include Candy Crush and 2048.
The most shocking thing about San Andreas, the earth-shifting new disaster movie starring Dwayne Johnson (we're not allowed to call him The Rock anymore – hugely frustrating given the film's subject matter), isn't the slightly ropey dialogue or Kylie Minogue's cameo role as "bitchy woman of indistinct nationality" but the film's casual choice to break a cardinal rule of blockbuster cinema.
I'm guessing this was the case because amidst the hub-bub I heard one of the guys yell out, "but this doesn't even LOOK like me!!" My girls and I thought this was the silliest so I took out my flipcam and started filming it when up rolls Gosling in his casual wear to break up the fight!
All those rules have been broken, and casual has won against everything.
You can nibble your way through a casual, unstructured meal without breaking the bank or being stuck with humdrum wines.
