Jokes about forking repo's in a sexual way and 'big' dongles.
You can find a place to stay within easy walking distance of every monument, plaza and playa on the map without forking out too much.
During the boom years in Ireland when you used to have to pay for the privilege to enter some Dublin pubs even before forking out more than ¤5 at the bar for a pint of beer, the nation's taxi drivers had a favourite, repetitive boast.
Still, quality adult fare like the hugely popular Neon Genesis Evangelion can today only be seen legally here by forking out for English-language version DVD box sets.
If the donors do not pay up, many innocent people will suffer; yet there is no guarantee that forking out the cash will make any difference.
James Record, a bank analyst at SNL Securities, reckons that, as big banks try to outgrow rivals by acquiring or merging, the stockmarket has sensed that they are starting to care less about what they pay and are thus forking out premiums that are hard to justify.
The cash windfalls from the conversion of mutual societies, mainly building societies (thrifts), into limited companies, which gave consumer spending a fillip in 1997, will not be repeated in 1998.On top of this, most British mortgage-holders pay variable interest rates, and so are already forking out more—£40-50 ($67-84) a month more on average than they were last spring.
It may seem an unnecessary expense when you are forking out for the premiums, but when you need it, you really need it.
Rarer still is the idea that an opposition that sets out to criticise the man in power can count as loyal and patriotic.Pessimists counsel that, given election-riggers' growing sophistication and reluctance to accept defeat, it is not worth forking out precious aid money to support democracy and elections in Africa.
One good example is Malaysia, where middle-class families are eagerly forking out for expensive items such as homes and cars.
The campaign team of the Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for New York's mayorship in 2001, Mark Green, is said to have been strong-armed into forking out almost $250,000.What puzzles many New Yorkers is why there was any need to raise so much money.
