It helped that Biarritz were missing their two totems, Dimitri Yachvili and Imanol Harinordoquy, but sticking four tries past their main rivals in Pool 3 allows Quins to look ahead with genuine optimism, assuming they avoid a repeat of their ruinous defeat in Galway last season.
These two totems of New Orleans rap have experienced success in very different ways; one had his mic cut-off just after his commercial peak, while the other has burned himself out to a dull glow, with the smoke now growing increasingly toxic.
The largest of them, the Shinnecock Indian Outpost, has two totem poles in the parking area, and sells cigarettes, moccasins, and lobster rolls.
A housewife from Koblenz pointed out to me that the two totem poles marking the entrance to the outdoor amphitheatre were problematic, because Winnetou was a Plains Indian and Plains Indians did not make totem poles.
So to really understand what's new on the plate here, one has to first seek out Nashville's two totem foods: a meat-and-three lunch and an order of hot chicken.
A collection of his sculptures is in the Boise Art Museum sculpture garden, and three totems grace the corner of Eighth and Idaho streets in Boise.
The piece was one of five totems by Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez, a Costa Rican artist whose work, which was in a cordoned-off area, is collectively titled "Frauleins Christina, Panthea, Zenobia, Semiramis and Guinevere".
Sixteen totems serve as tributes to African Americans in horse racing, reminiscent of the designs of the Bijogo and Alberto Giacometti.
One totem pole went to Harvard's Peabody Museum, one to the Bronx Zoo, and one to Cornell; other objects went to the Smithsonian, the Field Museum, and the American Museum of Natural History.
Even in his glam-rock days, as he shuttled between palatial residences, one totem the trumpeter always kept with him was a photograph of John Coltrane.
Also, the records of both Labour and the Liberal Democrats are more gay-friendly on the three totem issues the right to adopt children and join the military, and the repeal of Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act than the Conservatives'.
