But now, it seems, China's government and its people are turning enthusiastic attention to this long neglected aspect of life: public toilets in the capital are being lavishly renovated, then studiously inspected and rated.
As Miss Moffat's loyal cook and housekeeper, Mrs. Watty, a reformed thief turned enthusiastic Bible-thumper, Ms. Baker gives a rich pudding of a performance, with a Cockney accent precisely on the mark.
We came to rely on Jack's exuberant personal greetings, wild ski stories, thundering alpine turns, enthusiastic howls and signature beard.
The Tigers didn't seem down or rattled after the lopsided loss, which was awful enough to turn the enthusiastic Comerica Park crowd into boobirds by the end.
After the Radio Sabor Latino interview, Buttigieg took a turn playing enthusiastic tour guide, navigating an aide's Hyundai through some of South Bend's previously robust industrial areas.
Without my voice to indicate tone, I have to rely on my words and when words don't cut it, I turn to enthusiastic exclamation points and gold-star-sticker language (Awesome! Great! You rock!).
Move him on to the subject of his director, however, and the star turns glowingly enthusiastic.
It was you who turned an enthusiastic young man – someone who hurried to the studio from lectures to read the news on an opposition radio station – into a uniformed cynic, who admits openly that the will of his superiors is more important than any law.
Yet, because of the level of complexity of those papers where T. Cavalier-Smith pilots us at will, we should always remain cautious before turning into enthusiastic unconditional supporters of his views.
This gold-plated buffoon has in turn drawn the enthusiastic endorsement of leading racists from across the spectrum of intolerance, a gorgeous mosaic of haters, each of them quivering excitedly at the prospect of getting a real, honest-to-god bigot in the White House.
