Finally, he took a pick-axe to his reputation for competence, when the textile deal that he had hailed as a "win, win, win agreement" came unstuck within weeks.
Dietrich Mateschitz took a pick-me-up tonic and made it into one of the world's most well-known beverage brands: Red Bull.
Then you could take a pick from somewhere else.
"To take a pick axe to something so beautiful," said Ingram, "I hated those developers for doing that".
He said the Conservatives could not take a "pick and choose" approach to the coalition agreement - which committed the government to bringing forward proposals for a wholly or largely elected body.
The proposals - strongly backed by the Conservatives - have already been approved in principle by Parliament but Mr Clegg said the coalition partners could not take a "pick and mix approach" to political reforms.
Laver followed in a second serve and recalled, "I had to take a pick, and so did he.
TrueLayer, on the other hand, is taking a picks 'n' shovels approach to what many predict will be a PSD2-driven fintech gold rush.
For example, this government came to power vowing to take a pick-axe to road maintenance budgets, then ended up chucking large, emergency pots of cash at the problem every time flood water or ice opened up more potholes.
Mitt Romney took a risk picking Paul Ryan as his running mate.
