Every time Mr Aamer was moved, he claimed he and other detainees were given "goodbye" and "welcome" parties were soldiers "could do anything they wanted".
Some readers tried to win by sending a phalanx of fine puns: @tigerlily7a gave us "Goodbye, Mr. Chips Ahoy" and many others; @WordSnooper gave us "Midnight in the Garden of Good & Plenty" and plenty more.
This meant that when the Chilean and his players came out a few minutes later to say thank you to supporters, he gave a goodbye speech to a crowd of around 5,000.
Joe Lieberman gave his goodbye speech in the Senate, but we kicked him around last week, so we'll just try not to pop the champagne corks until he's left the building for the last time.
On her last day, to each of us, Sandy, me, and our neighbors Dave and Elena, she gave personalized goodbyes.
As I was leaving my apartment to do errands one recent afternoon, I stooped down to give a goodbye pat to Charlie, my cat.
We had been giving our goodbye toasts to the captain and officers, since we had decided to transfer back on to the navy support vessel, the Etna, after a couple of quiet days at sea with the Bergamini.
The city gave us a goodbye party and it lasted a week.
Although Mr. Walton's harmonically far-reaching arrangement of "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" gave Ms. Kole the least support, her intonation didn't waver.
Mr Caceres kissed his mother goodbye, gave her a hug as she boarded the flight, and said: "I'll call you in four or five hours.
