But I imagine that, aside from Porto, fans from the other teams all think their team have done well to get so far and are happy to bow out in the group stage.
By the time Paris broke into sobs at the end of the service as she expressed how much she loved her father — "I just wanted to say, ever since I was born Daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine" — newscasters cast aside any pretense of covering a news event and joined in the orgy of mourning.
Or, setting this sort of case aside, imagine that an agent is brainwashed or manipulated through some means or another, say by hypnosis, or by aliens zapping a person into having a different set of psychological preferences than those that she would otherwise have.
Even with all of their practical shortcomings aside (imagine the decision you have to make when driving at night: do I keep my sunglasses on and drive nearly-blind, or risk getting a ticket for holding my phone?), these things are just plain hideous.
Biblical literalists and inerrantists cannot imagine ever setting aside any bible verse -- or so they claim.
You can imagine her hurling it aside, crying: "Where are the tumbrils when we need them?
Mind wandering, as psychologists define it, is a subcategory of daydreaming, which is the broad term for all stray thoughts and fantasies, including those moments you deliberately set aside to imagine yourself winning the lottery or accepting the Nobel.
It would be heartening to imagine that Londoners stepped aside from the UKIP landslide in the European parliament elections because they objected to Nigel Farage's dog-whistle politics (an ultrasonic alert to any racists listening).
Such hard graft may be a necessity: proof, as with the sale of his Park Avenue apartment three years ago (for $25.87m) that he may not be enjoying quite the life of unending luxury that some would imagine, and setting money aside for future litigation, which has so far been met from the coffers of Lehmans' insurers.
Scandal aside, we imagine there will be plenty of mommy-and-me photos to come.
