(Rushdie has been aided by the journalist Christopher Hitchens, who wrote a letter to the "Guardian" comparing le Carre to a man "who, having relieved himself in his own hat, makes haste to clamp the brimming chapeau to his head").
He is also alleged to have relieved himself in flowerpots, ran naked through communal areas, called his neighbours prostitutes and scribbled lewd graffiti on the walls of public buildings.
Then he vomits several times in the yard, among stacks of beer boxes, under the eye of a chained dog; having relieved himself, he looks up at the stars.
They have even been invited to next month's White House Correspondents Dinnerr, where George Bush will be the guest of honour (Ozzy's confession to having relieved himself on the Alamo notwithstanding).In an odd way, the Osbournes' success represents a victory for minor celebrities.
(One of the most dismaying stories in his autobiography involves a visit from Van Dyke Parks, who sees that Wilson has built a sandbox in the studio, in which he's placed his grand piano: "'What's that?' he asked... I looked around... My dog Banana had relieved himself in the sand... It wasn't the easiest times between Van Dyke and me").
In her evidence to the court she said she had not had intercourse with Davidson, though he had attempted this on several occasions; when she had repulsed his advances, she claimed that he had "relieved himself".
It has relieved quite a bit of the flooding".
Mike Stanton has relieved 19 times and has no victories to show for it.
This system has relieved families of the worry of having to care for elderly parents.
