But the first day was not without mishaps, something that riders, being creatures of habit, did not fail to note.
But was it a mishap, or something more sinister?
Too often people's annoyance at a mishap or something they disagree with ratchets up to fury in a nanosecond, as if everyone and everything is out to get them.
If there is a stage mishap or something doesn't happen as planned, just stay in character and react the way your character would.
There was also the ingrown hair mishap.
Take all care and precautions to avoid mishaps and to put rescue plans into immediate action should something go wrong.
When they're stuck on something, they go on "plot walks" to talk through book concepts, characters and narrative mishaps.
He referred to "Good Luck Chuck," a critically lambasted R-rated comedy starring Jessica Alba, as "There's Something About Jessica," and cut the TV spots to emphasize Alba's tumbles and mishaps.
And it's more violent, too: Ben Stiller's grisly zipper mishap in "There's Something About Mary," for example, makes even the head-knocks and eye-gouges of the Three Stooges look pretty tame.
