Nobody could follow that except to say it was untrue, and based on thin ideas floated at a casual briefing, but denials came too late for Danish voters, who said "no".
The risk is that you often bet on a paper-thin idea.
Whether you're using thick or thin, the idea is to roast the asparagus with olive oil until the stalks are just tender, then scatter a mixture of course breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese over the top and run it under the broiler until it's brown and crisp.
Jeremy Scott's show, among those closing out French fashion week on Friday, felt thin on ideas.
Variety called the film "woefully thin on ideas, originality (beyond new zombie-offing methods) or directorial flair [with] no serious undertow to counterpoint the eventually repetitive slaughter".
In other respects the production is thin on ideas and the story is not as clearly told as it might have been.
Spun from the most gossamer-thin of ideas – a sketch really, stretched out to feature length – the film is as airy as they come, propelled along by a plot seemingly plucked from the 1920s in which it is set.
Bringing them together in a single show might be appealing, but it is a bit thin as an idea (and no museum was likely to deplete itself of all its Spanish masterpieces).
Things that are bad ideas: skating on thin ice, jumping naked into freezing water, operating a chainsaw after several swigs of vodka.
In the end, however, "Nudge" is somewhat thin on practical ideas for public policy that follow from the authors' core insight.
