He had been congratulated by people whom he never thought he'd meet.
She had performed like an adult, and had been congratulated by an adult, but something had been closed off.
Mr Marshallsea says he is "disgusted" by the way he has been treated and that instead he should have been congratulated for his feat of bravery.
He should have been congratulated for that, because he has reminded everyone that the Manchester United "star" is indeed on the pitch.
She said its statistical basis was sound and noted that the department had been congratulated on the plan by the head of a team of international experts.
Schools in Hampshire had had one of their most successful years academically, with 84% of schools judged good or outstanding, and the authority had been congratulated by the prime minister for its work with schools in neighbouring authorities.
She's had "hundreds of extremely nice emails," she says, and has been congratulated in the street – but she knows that there were also those who said, "Oh, it's Clare Short mouthing off again.
Wherever he has gone, in the locker room, on the driving range or on the practice green, he has been congratulated by his peers, many of whom were riveted by Sunday's finish.
But if you had said Don's last words would be "om" before a Coke commercial plays, you would have been congratulated for writing a funny and arguably very far-fetched Twitter joke.
To take one example: the chancellor has been congratulated by some for his "Victorian" approach to the nation's finances, via his obsession with aiming for a budget surplus on both current and capital accounts.
