The wait seems a surprise, given how portable – how easily memorised, how widely applicable – Ryan's bright wit and sad jokes can be.
And has anyone given any thought to how sad it is that a church should need to employ armed guards in this "Christian" country?
Good children I always give good things in plenty; How sad to have left your stocking quite empty: But you are beginning so nicely to spell, And, in going to bed, behave always so well, That, although I too oft see the tear in your eye, I cannot resolve to pass you quite by.
How sad, and yet – given that my teenage Friday evenings were spent in an orgy of piano practice and maths homework – how likely to be true.
He said how sad it was, given that I am currently doing work experience at the Guardian, that I seem to so hate the press.
However, no matter how sad she gets, Alana never gives up.
How sad that tradition, loyalty and academic relationships have given way to more football revenue.
And how sad it is to think that we would give up on any other creature who's just like us".
How sad to think that they have passed!
