Everything about the general was messy.
Is General Synod messy, annoying, boring and at times apparently lead by jerks?
The trouble is that there is no agreed vision of what that actually means - which is going to make politics through and after the next general election a messy business.
And in Germany, though current projections favor Angela Merkel maintaining her chancellorship, a deeply unpopular refugee policy and a steady surge from the country's populist "anti-migrant" AfD, has European onlookers foreseeing a "messy" general election.
It was an angry confrontation that became one of the most memorable moments of the 2010 general election and its messy political aftermath.
That summer, Checketts and Neil Smith, then the Rangers' president and general manager, initiated a messy divorce with Mark Messier -- the most popular player in the history of the franchise -- that led to his departure from the team.
But after that season, Checketts and Neil Smith, then the team president and general manager, initiated a messy breakup with Messier, who was among the most popular players in the history of the franchise.
As he moves from the Sukarno period immediately after independence through the three-decade-long rule of the authoritarian General Suharto to the messy aftermath of his downfall, Mr. Friend quotes politicians, army generals, teachers and ordinary street people as if he has known them for years.
But in general, the show's messy, dirty goofiness, its effortlessly funny cast and its game exploration of the difficulties of growing up make it a treat to watch.
The generals overseeing the necessarily messy transition have been failing to keep up the momentum of change.
