No wonder sensible people are getting nervous and rich types with funny money to hide are asking themselves if even buying over-priced, mediocre flats in London will shelter their ill-gotten gains.
A few matches and some cheap runs against mediocre bowling on flat pitches represents little more than a few lines in detention.
Chances are that the best of the best will continue to sell well at auction while the mediocre will fall flat.
Time magazine sharply criticized the series, calling it "embarrassingly amateurish", with "flaccid" and "wearying" jokes, flat writing, "mediocre" acting and "aimless" direction.
Unfortunately Lean and co's debut is also a hack job of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull proportions, all flat-pack indie production and mediocre songwriting.
A cliche-ridden attempt to retell the overly familiar rags-to-riches saga of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Dreamgirls suffers from the same weakness as the beloved if mediocre Broadway show that debuted in 1981: the music flat-out sucks.
It has been relatively flat during the past few weeks, treading in a mediocre zone, around six hundred.
"A New Hope" at least had the merit of coming first — it had the element of surprise — along with a comically flat direction that appeared to be a parody of the mediocre serials on which it was based.
I certainly didn't bounce out of bed this morning saying, "I must aim to write something utterly mediocre today," but in striving for excellence, I will probably fail and may fall flat on my face.
From flat seats to primitive suspension, from body roll to awkward power delivery to mediocre brakes, the 200 is like a rolling exhibit of how Detroit lost its way.
