In one minute, without repetition, hesitation or deviation.
In contrast, prose (a Latin word) proceeds and moves forward without repetition.
As Arnold Schoenberg said: "Intelligibility in music seems to be impossible without repetition".
And then he talks for two solid hours, quietly, modestly, without notes and without repetition, and he holds the 200-strong crowd spellbound.
On the surface Just A Minute is built on a ridiculously easy to grasp concept – speak for 60 seconds on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation.
Michaelis, who had the cooperation of the Schulz family, tells this story brightly and engagingly, if not always succinctly and without repetition.
Instead, it's a Douglas-style recombinant work: more than 850 spliced permutations that can run without repetition for nearly 70 hours.
I got into this profession partly because I wanted a job without repetition, a chance to deal with something new each day.
Always kindly, Messiter later saw to it that the panel of Just a Minute talked - without repetition, hesitation or deviation - for half the time that had been expected of him.
To hear him on the long-running BBC game- show Just A Minute, in which contestants had to talk for 60 seconds without repetition, hesitation or deviation, was a bubbling joy.
He would be great as a contestant on Just a Minute, the Radio 4 quiz show he has hosted for 43 years, in which contestants have to speak for a minute without repetition, hesitation or deviation.
