This mishap has set the project back considerably.

The sound of the furious "swash, swash,” as it struck, carried even to the depths of the holds where the engines churned madly to keep the prow in the teeth of the waves.

In fact, newspaper accounts chronicle the rise of gyaru-moji (“girl-signs”), a “secret” texting language of symbols improvised by Japanese teenage girls.

Victoria Park's diminutive stands may preclude launching the ball into Row Z, but Row A would have sufficed as Hartlepool's otherwise dependable defender Chris Westwood looked to clear his lines.