I dare say I'm a terrible old communist who would be buried alive by a right-thinking society, but it strikes me that there might perhaps be the odd lingering trace of prejudice against women within our little world.
Lee describes Hector, a hard-drinking janitor, as a man who, in his mid-50s, is still "not yet fixed into his own life": a man who, after serving in Korea and then lingering there doing odd jobs at an orphanage, has preferred to be "happily ignored, free to go his unsung way".
While an auction by Proenza Schouler can only bring cachet to eBay, why would one of New York's hottest design houses sell on the auction site, with its lingering tag-sale and odd-lots connotations?
Luckily, it is a meandering route that allows the director to linger over the odd, low-key moments he cherishes.
He reviewed Larminie's collection, though, and of the stories in it he said: "They and their like are the only things really immortal, for they are told in some shape or other, by old men at the fire before Nebuchadnezzar ate grass, and they will linger in some odd cranny or crevice of the world when the pyramids have crumbled into sand".
In Paris there was an odd mix of lingering food rationing, a thriving black market, and government-encouraged luxury restaurants meant to jump-start the postwar tourist trade.
Every now and then, when I was growing up, Mum would make a salad for dinner, using up the odd bits and bobs lingering in the fridge towards the end of the week.
Whatever the reason for making Vermont last in the roll-call order, it was an odd decision that underscored the lingering divisions between the two campaigns.
It's time to face the truth and finally tackle these odd jobs that have been lingering far, far too long on our to-do lists.
It has an inviting softness, but the background music, odd camera angles, close-ups and lingering shots only distract and objectify.
