Or they strive earnestly to go straight, only to find that, with three days work a month the norm for a union member, all the money on the docks is in crime, petty and otherwise.
After announcing to the gang that she will be moving into a glorious penthouse apartment with Mr Big, Carrie says earnestly: "Please go ahead and feel what I want you to feel: jealousy".
But what about all the guys who look at you really earnestly and go "you know, I prefer it un-waxed".
And David Bowie, we are earnestly informed, is going to appear on stage with the Rolling Stones, giving rise to the flatly horrifying thought that he and Mick Jagger might favour us with their cover version of Dancing in the Street.
"Not yet," he said, earnestly," but we're going to try it out".
"I knew you'd come back," Robyn said earnestly, not letting go of Valerie's hand.
It concerns an idealistic young guy called Asa, played by Askhat Kuchinchirekov, who has just been demobbed from the navy and now earnestly wishes to go into the family shepherding business.
I decided the only way to make it work was to approach it earnestly: I would go in with an open heart and open mind, look for someone nice, and try not to do anything on camera that would embarrass me or the community.
Sure, "Underwater Moonlight" was an exuberant record, and his solo stuff was funny, but does anyone earnestly believe that clubgoers are going to turn out for this stuff?
Jeff and Annie also earnestly croon that this year, they're going to sleep together.
