In the past few years, the Tory-run council has taken almost every public service it can lay its hands on – and outsourced it.
And it may also help the city lay its own ghosts to rest: "It took many, many decades before Belfast itself could come to terms with the loss".
To reach homes, it may lay its own fibre, or rent them wholesale from BT.
But the caterpillar itself can be a host to the wasp, which given the chance will lay its eggs in it.
Russia, for its part, vetoed America's bid to impose sanctions on Myanmar last year, and Thailand buys Myanmar's natural gas.China is not just cultivating these countries so that it can lay its hands on their natural resources.
Forty-two years were required simply to lay its foundation when it was first built, because even then the Spaniards recognized the danger of constructing such a huge monument in soft soil.
The weevil's reproductive success depends upon it being able to excavate a hole deep enough that it can lay its eggs close to the seeds of its host-plant which lie deep within the defensive pericarp.
GM is struggling to find other suppliers, but few expect it to be able to lay its hands on enough of what it needs.
The big question remains as to where the approximately 20,000-strong group will lay its allegiance or if it will unite behind its new leadership.
But so far, it will not lay its single, fragile eggs on the mainland.Ensconced on Louie's Ledge, though, as the airborne aristocrats climb effortlessly above you and their fellows below, it hardly matters.
Aedes aegypti is particularly involved, as it prefers to lay its eggs in artificial water containers, to live in close proximity to humans, and to feed on people rather than other vertebrates.
