4. Tao makes joyous and authentic choices.
It doesn't have to be joyous, like Patrick Ness's choice, or five syllables long and unspellable - like Ann Widdecombe's - you just have to love it.
While the number of mothers who aren't fans of their kids' chosen mates probably verges on something akin to the infinite, the shame factor weighs as much as any joyous expectations of divorce and a better choice next time.
Michael Cragg of The Guardian called the track a "joyous, echo-laden heart burst," and an immediate choice for a single.
The significance and poignancy of the inspired choice was written all over Nelson Mandela's joyous face as he embraced the tournament's trophy when the decision was announced by FIFA, soccer's governing body.
During the same campaign his running mate Sarah Palin liked to play Heart's Barracuda, a choice that was greeted by the band's joyous reply: "Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women".
Ali Smith's Baileys prize win this week was a fabulous achievement, ensuring that her joyous, and formally innovative, novel will be the holiday reading of choice for readers way beyond the diehard followers of literary fiction.
Yet the current displays at Tate Liverpool prove that it's all about how sensitively this is done – the fresh and intriguing choices the Liverpool curators have made create real surprises and joyous combinations from the Tate stores.
Ireland may have been too hot for the French to handle in Cardiff on Sunday night, but their joyous mood quickly evaporated in the cold light of day when Peter O'Mahony and Sean O'Brien, the two first-choice flankers, received the news they had been dreading.
