But on Saturday, Stuttgart came very close to thanking their tormentor for a lovely 3-1 home defeat.
They were short goals, meant to be accomplished in a day, ranging from sending parents nice messages about their children to thanking a teacher.
The new leader devoted a large proportion of his victory speech to thanking the trade unions who backed him, including Unite, Unison and the CWU.
In addition to thanking my own lawyers, I'd like to thank Fox's lawyers for filing one of the stupidest briefs I've ever seen in my life".
Ms. Gillibrand (pronounced JILL-uh-brand) devoted much of her speech to thanking relatives and mentors, name by name, for their support — so much so that she missed a congratulatory call from President Barack Obama.
In a matter of minutes yesterday, hundreds of stockbrokers at Merrill Lynch & Company swung from complaining about the firm's administrators to thanking them and Alan Greenspan for a timing difference that could be worth $40 million.
