Only the hairpin curves of macadam road far below reminded us that we weren't looking straight into the Old Testament.
George Osborne (below) reminded the industry that Sir John Vickers, who is heading the banking commission, has yet to report on whether banks should be broken up.
But just as the shiny surface of the new China begins to feel as familiar and western as New York or, perhaps, Bangkok, you are reminded that just below it lies the sinister and still well-oiled machinery of a totalitarian state.
As our incredible trio of guests at the Paley Center on Tuesday night (watch a clip below) reminded us, jihadists and acts of violent extremists from many different religions had been going on for some time in countries all over the world.
As the Broadway musical in-jokes and double and triple entendres snowballed into a comic avalanche at Tuesday's opening-night performance of "The Prince and the Show Boy" at 54 Below, I was reminded once again that vaudeville never died.
As Liam reminds us below, Blackpool had three great chances before West Ham scored.
Stream "Don't Remind Me" below.
The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Wednesday September 3 2008 In the article below we reminded Dominic Cooper that Chatsworth House served as Pemberley in the scene in Pride and Prejudice where Colin Firth emerges from a lake.
The viewer is reminded that mankind must sacrifice to Christ, who lies directly below, or risk punishment and expulsion from the church, just as God expelled Cain.
From the dugout, a few feet below field level, I was reminded how hard it is to judge plays.
