It was a Democratic convention, so there was a lot of love in the air, but friends of the couple have overheard the spats, seen the unpaid bills, heard the broken promises and tripped over piles of unwashed laundry.
On his way out, Jolson tripped over a pile of shirts.
For a second, I feared a monstrous pantomime: would a clown burst forth from every basket, tripping over a pile of sheets?
Backing up to the window, I nearly tripped over a pile of magazines and newspapers tied with a cord and waiting to be set curbside for recycling.
"I tripped over the pile the money," said one young thing who didn't realize that Phinthong's welcome mat of worthless Zimbabwean bank notes was there to question the value we put on art.
Chris tripped over a pile of saucepans, Susan caught him, and after this they made their way around the house together, Chris hanging onto Susan's arm, Susan and Amanda holding hands, unclasping to sticker anything they wanted.
"It has become nearly impossible to enter a bookstore without tripping over a pile of pink books".
When, weeks later, New York cops forced entry into her apartment, they tripped over a pile of calling cards from New York officers.
Only today, Ms. Berstein tripped over one pile of Legos, one headless doll, and two cardboard boxes that were doubling as pirate ships.
So many that by the time the conductor and the other Royal Ballet dancers came out to take their bows, they were tripping over the piles with some regularity.
