"You could tell that from the limp?" I ask.
That's not necessarily set in stone – perhaps it'll turn out that people love American Idol more than they love Simon Cowell, and it'll be Cowell who has to limp home with his tail between his legs – but it's still the biggest threat that Idol has faced so far.
Seven months after his stroke he can now function from day to day but walks slowly and with a limp.
His Richard has only a mild limp, a withered hand and some quite subtle padding on the back, which just makes him seem stocky.
Wednesday had to cope with losing their goalkeeper, Keiren Westwood, to a calf injury in the warm-up, which meant that there was a rare start for Kirkland, and also saw Sam Hutchinson limp off in the 15th minute.
The baby is born – a mass of limp, tumbling limbs, he has no tone - and you cradle him gently, washing him and dressing him until his parents are ready to cuddle and touch him.
People limp about on blistered heels with sunburnt faces and washed hair.
The ending to the first series of 24 – with Jack Bauer sobbing into the limp body of his dead wife – was one of television's all-time best.
The old dog approaches, walking with a slight limp.
Just imagine, given the mere 35 million people who tuned in to watch the wedding, how limp their sales patter would be had they not sliced those extra inches off her waist.
He is not thought to have walked with a limp.
