There the thing stands, dispensing bits of cheer by the palmful.
Before the Mets defeated the Washington Nationals, 4-3, on Tuesday night, Manuel enjoyed dispensing bits of speculative information.
I spend a lot of time alone in my studio practicing the Jedi art of woodcut printmaking; sharpening, reconstructing my chisels as if they were light sabers, and dispensing bits of sage advice to my children".
And then there is Intikhab, the smiling diplomat of Pakistan cricket, to dispense a bit of wisdom.
One of the producers of "Jumping the Broom" is T. D. Jakes, the Dallas minister and self-help author who shows up on screen to bestow his literal blessing on the central couple and to dispense a bit of wisdom.
For a light-hearted example of that in action, Tyson used the occasion of Trevor Noah's recent appointment to the anchor chair at Comedy Central's The Daily Show to dispense this bit of wisdom – "Congratulations to @TrevorNoah tonight.
After Monday's loss to Orlando, Allen dispensed a bit of wisdom that James and his teammates might find useful.
After giving the chair a quick wipe, he handed back the ticket stub, and maybe dispensed a bit of Bronx baseball wisdom.
All of the uncomfortable practicalities of undressing, the likelihood of some foreplay — all of the time-unfolding elements of the action are eliminated in the interest of dispensing a bit of information: they have sex, whoever "they" are — the man is anonymous to viewers but doubtless not to Christine.
The current UK Secondary Teacher of the Year, David Miller, on recognising a soul in partial torment working too hard on a Saturday night and missing Match of the Day, used Twitter to reach all the way across from lower Dumbarton and, with it, dispensed a bit of much-needed virtual empathy.
