The rapport between them is actually pretty spot on – and might have been put to work by a half-decent story.
This might be the standard high-brow fascination with all things base, but at least Thorpe is putting it to decent use.
"I tried to get him to put something decent on, because you were coming".
"We are still scrambling to get out the door in the morning in one piece, or to please picky eaters, or to put a decent dinner on the table without getting fired for leaving the office early".
Despite the season-ending injury to Nick Foles, Maclin, 26, still managed to put up decent numbers with the less effective Mark Sanchez under center.
The break and a chance for manager Steve Bruce to talk with his players did little to improve Hull's fortunes as they continued to struggle to put together a decent passage of play after the restart.
The fledgling presenter, who last week filed for bankruptcy, explains that he wants to provide simple, cheap recipe ideas to BNP members who have told him "their wives can't afford to put enough decent food on the table".
I want to put some decent energy out there.
The opposition know they will have to put a decent amount of time into him before London and therein lies one of this year's main plotlines.
If Frank Gore, the 49ers' bruising tailback, can mimic the success of the Jets' Thomas Jones, Hill should be able to put up decent numbers.
