Initially it was something I'd whip out on my hour-long commute to work, because it filled the time perfectly.
This discussion, with its element of dry farce as everyone tiptoes around the topic despite their guest speaking no English, snugly fills the time it takes for Winnie to cross the yard – one of many small elegances you see in every Sally Wainwright script.
This time it fills the entire sky, sweeping across the horizon - and changing constantly.
It filled the empty time slots with extra airings of the Dateline news magazine – even though news shows lure the older viewers less desired by sponsors.
It will fill the time allotted to it.
When another act on the bill didn't show up, Mr. Frankfort, 31, and Mr. Daniels, 34, began winging it to fill the time, and the audience seemed to get a kick out of their easy, goofy rapport.
I can breathe and see and the tinnitus has stopped, so I can hardly complain, although naturally I am complaining at every possible opportunity – it fills in the time I would usually spend overworking.
At one point, when Johnny is being particularly obnoxious, a sister barks at him, "Do you have to do this?" To which he replies, "No, but it fills in the time".
As it has done for months, on Tuesday night it broadcast reruns to fill the time: "Will & Grace" (3.89 million) and "Scrubs" (3.55 million), and placed fourth in households.
The biggest luxury isn't shrinking time to fit your life; it's letting your life expand to fill the time it needs.
