But, leaving aside the fact that the corporation, currently in possession of this terrific and, yes, classy SW19 asset, decided to shuck responsibility for the evening biggie on to someone (in the words of Tom Lehrer) unfettered by such restrictive critical considerations as, for instance, taste – Clare can do little wrong in these eyes, and did little wrong here.
We called our immediate families with the news and sent a text to our friends (yes, a classy text message wedding announcement).
I'll be working in the kitchen as she's happily pushing her boxes across the floor (yes, we're classy) or we'll be playing in the front room, but all too often, she turns silent and stares into space.
While there's a good argument against wine experts' tasting abilities, knowing something about wine is still one of the ways we prove to ourselves that, yes, we are classy adults.
Bad, sad and irrelevant four years ago, the Hawks have become what the Cubs would like to be: champions, yes, but also a classy, smooth-running operation, exuding competence and confidence.
Yourself, Rosamund Pike, Rachael Stirling, Rory Kinnear … Oh yes, they're a classy lot… but you know, people are people when you get down to the bare bones of it.
WHEN Spice Market opened its doors in the fleetly evolving whirl of Manhattan's meatpacking district in early 2004, it was something else: the Asian mega-restaurant reclaimed from fatuous gaudiness; a theme park, yes, but an unusually classy one in which the cooking reflected nearly as much thought as the lighting.
I'm sure some will see them as further condemnation of the next generation and yes they ain't very judicious or classy.
And then I grinned, remembering that, yes, Obama can be, and is a classy guy.
Here are 12 songs about emotional hurt and partial recovery; some cliche-ridden (yes, one song here is really called Love Is Blind), others classy and nagging.
