And if that wasn't enough self-indulgence to make Shoshanna shriek "OMG!", the pair made the unfortunate error of misspelling "privilege" - but have since corrected the error.
This spectator's verdict: Mr. Bean's play at its National Theatre debut back in May seemed indulgence enough until Mr. Frayn's evergreen farce reappeared, drowning academic debate in near-overwhelming waves of laughter.
A set of smellies might seem like a cop-out, but a beauty gift can actually be a canny approach, especially as right now the shops are positively stacked with festive baubles and crackers, each containing enough of an indulgence to please almost anybody.
If that weren't indulgence enough, we also had torta del Casar, a soft young sheep's milk cheese from Extremadura that at its peak at this time of year, is soft and runny enough to eat with a spoon like a French Vacherin.
Sure enough, their first indulgence when the big cheques came in was an old trawler.
Pathos, we all know, is likely to merge into comedy if pushed far enough; similarly, over-indulgence in sentimentalism leads to cynicism.
If she cannot remove deposited funds without a significant penalty, and if she must provide a month's notice to discontinue her participation in the program, signing up for the program might change the cost-and-reward structure of spending her potential retirement contributions on trivial indulgences enough to make this option consistently dispreferred.
Then, and only then, do we decide whether he has been forthright and sincere enough to earn our indulgence.
While slurping soda pop was (and is) purely discretionary, way back when, it was an indulgence small enough that many paid for the privilege, even in tough times.
