Davie was cool and collected, a straight bat, informing us that moments like this, when we're reminded of the good that the BBC can do, make his job worthwhile.
Furthermore, please be aware that, when it comes to our straight wedding cakes, we make them very straight, so inform us if anyone under eighteen will be attending the wedding so that we can cover the nipples with fondant pasties.
"She said, 'Because you're straight.'" When the actor told the girl that he wasn't, in fact, straight, she informed him that coming out could "help change our lives".
"I get the impression that Falwell doesn't see how his social location as a white, affluent, straight man informs his readings of scripture and his ethical conclusions," Henry said.
Clarification of these matters is critically important, not just to set the record straight but to inform present-day policy toward Colombia.
The doofus boyfriend has bought an expensive camera, equipped with night vision, to document the weirdness in their new home, we're informed straight off.
Several of the other aircraft in the flight circled the area; one returned to base straight away to inform Hampshire, and the remainder were later forced to depart through lack of fuel.
Gladbach officials, who had called Favre "unfireable" only a week ago, had tried to talk him out of it but were surprised when he instead sent his resignation straight to the media before informing them.
Or they can take their ingredients straight to market, without ever informing the agency.
What Rayner and her contemporaries offered was informed straight-talking and the generous belief that, given adequate practical and sympathetic advice, people would find their own solutions.
