Sally, played by a remarkable, hatchet-faced actor with the striking name Karl Markovics, approaches these conundrums not with the discipline of a philosopher, but rather with the self-protective instincts of an outlaw.
After him, the most striking name among this year's new imports is Terry Campese at Hull KR, but that is a different sort of gamble – one based on the fervent hope that Campese, nephew of the Australia union legend David, will remain fit.
Still, the most striking names were those not on the list.
It's not just the striking names which identify Arnold's films; they tend to be about family dysfunction and wayward lust on claustrophobic housing estates.
Among some striking names to be enjoyed from only €12 a shot, are soul diva Joss Stone, hip hop-and-beyond saxophonist Soweto Kinch, flash fusion/flamenco guitar king Al Di Meola, US jazz aristocrats Cyrus Chestnut Trio featuring Buster Williams and Lenny White, and former Miles Davis saxman Bill Evans.
Some months later the teacher asked the mother how she had hit on so striking a name for her son.
It seems that Orazio had ambition for his daughter – after all, he gave her a striking, classical name.
From that period, I've collected all the innovative examples: roller putters, fork-shaft clubs, early metal woods with all manner of experimental neck joints, drivers with lead pellets hidden in the head to maximize striking power to name a few.
On an early page was a photograph of a striking woman named Tessa Welborn, who designed Ursula Andress's bikini for Dr. No. John Hurt, the actor.
The parallels are striking (even the name sounds French) as the French defended food group Danone from a very similar American raid only a few years ago.
Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto was premiered in 2002 and, two years ago, was brought to the Proms by its dedicatee, the charismatic Kari Kriikku, a Finnish musician as striking as his name.
