Their families, meanwhile, left without a head, were thrown into the most woeful destitution.
Soon it seemed as if people were competing to be the most woeful case study in the cafe.
Travel Guard, the trip insurance company, sponsors a monthly contest, called World's Unluckiest Traveler, in which prizes are awarded for the most woeful tales.
Over the winter, Valentine visited Benitez's ranch in the Dominican Republic, taking Benitez up on an offer and monitoring his spirits after that woeful end to the season.
The thumping is the latest in a woeful end to the Bombers' season, with James Hird's side losing 10 of their past 11 outings.
Remember "Queen for a Day," the TV show in which a jewelled crown and prizes, such as a washer-dryer, were awarded to the woeful housewife contestant who could convince the studio audience that she was the most woeful of all the other housewife contestants?
"I guess it's a matter of what one would call communications," he replied, as if considering the latest shooting the sniper's most woeful message.
Merchandisers clearly owe a lot to Lucas, but plenty of this year's most woeful clunkers aren't tied in to as much as a branded napkin.
Players name classics of literature that they have not read, the winner being the one who exhibits the most woeful literary lacuna.
The New Jersey Nets, one of the most woeful franchises in sports, have been trying to reinvent themselves for years.
