Heart v head British tennis fans, betrayed by their annual lapse in reason, once again scented a Henman win.
DON'T OVERREACT TO A LAPSE One reason dieters fail is a phenomenon formally known as "counterregulatory eating" — and informally as the "what the hell effect".
His dismissal may not have been as dumb as the senseless handball that deprived Claudio Cannigia of a place in the 1990 World Cup final, but, as he was escorted from the pitch under a hail of bottles, you can be sure he regretted his momentary lapse of reason.
As a remake, it was a lapse of reason and directionless; overt merchandising of the original Myst.
I don't like to bring up these little lapses of judgement (or, in this case, horrendous lapses of reason) but it's an interesting story and deserves at least a brief mention.
Like the Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hughes says, Allsopp is pointing at people she doesn't like and screaming "Off with his head!" Kathryn Hughes, it seems, really, really hates Kirstie Allsopp, and her rage makes the article enormously readable whether you enjoy it for the savaging of Allsopp or for its ridiculous anger-fuelled lapses in reason.
If you look at lapsed Catholics' reasons for leaving the church, it doesn't seem like a lack of televised adverts quite tops their list.
(Felix Salmon) Meanwhile, Mike Konczal hypothesises that Tim Geithner's involvement in this, er, lapse is one reason the administration isn't making better use of the Lehman accounting brou-ha-ha to push better financial regulation reforms.
A misinformed comment here, a careless step of brinkmanship there; a never-to-be-explained incident here, an embarrassing lapse of human reason there... and suddenly there are all the elements of a classic.
An occasional lapse is no reason to beat yourself up.
