And in Lahore's Main Market, near rickshaw stands and fruit stalls — the rickshaw drivers and fruit sellers standing in the heat outside the window display of an electronics shop, watching the muted carnage on an imported flat-screen TV — the incident was mulled over and attributed in the end to the larger madness that was overtaking the country.
To the skeptics, it's a place for each passing bit of news to be mulled and dissected instantaneously by all, for the same little jokes and insights to multiply epidemically — some interesting, but most not — and for stories of varying relevance to acquire the sheen of uniformly gigantic, all-consuming, world-changing events, at least for a few hours.
And the same goes for Charles Ray, another California provocateur who in 1973 attached his body to a tree branch for more than half a day to be mulled by puzzled passers-by.
Even Manischewitz is convincingly dolled up, for a cocktail called the Man-O-Manischewitz (a reference to the company's ad campaigns from the nineteen-fifties and sixties): it's mulled with lemon and cinnamon, then chilled and served in a mini-carafe, to be added to taste to a tumbler of herby gin on the rocks.
Manchin says that he believes the Assad regime has used these weapons, and then he runs down a list of choices that are being mulled, before stopping short and saying that he's not willing to put "boots on the ground" in Syria, but he believes that some aid needs to be rendered.
Every question is mulled and answered directly, without ornamentation.
It was the place where murders were mulled, treacherous lady friends forgotten and sorrows drowned.
Should it be chilly, there's mulled wine and hot chocolate.
Here it is mulled wine and treats all round, as Victoria Robertshaw, the co-owner, celebrates another fine year and big plans for the future.
Part of the reason for this debate is the welcome arrival of many such voices on social media, where international coverage is mulled and dissected.
