In the end, Madigan got into her vehicle and promptly drove into a dead end corner of the parking lot. Needless to say, the large crowd found it extremely amusing when she had to back up and drive through the crowd to get out of the parking lot.

There is something to be said of the obsessive snobbery of a collector, someone who gathers nicely shaped items in a series -- for a shelf, a lit cabinet, an overflowing brain.

Needless to say, he mercilessly pwned us.

It seems to us that there is something to be said for the idea that when America is at war, citizens, and especially political leaders, have a patriotic duty to put differences aside in the cause of victory.

Needless to say I woke the next morning with this big white bandage wrapped around my leg. Whoa! Where did my leg go? Is this really happening?

Some former geeks turn into phobes, just as puppies turn into old dogs, refusing to learn new tricks, even when the tricks would make their work or personal lives more productive or enjoyable. There's something to be said for the maxim, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." But this should be a decision-making process, not a knee-jerk resistance to change.

Milgrim is a code cracker and addict who is dependent on Brown, a violent man who might be with the CIA; their quarry, Tito, is Cuban-Chinese ("indeterminately ethnic") and a preternaturally limber young man whose family has roots in counterfeiting and intelligence: His actions are guided by the spirits of Santería. Needless to say, everyone's questing for the enigmatic shipping container, wherever it might be.

While we Nejedlos have always driven painfully slow, there's something to be said for never having spent time tossing rocks at soda bottles on the side of an American interstate waiting for a tow truck.

Needless to say, five minutes later ...

"There is something to be said about intimacy," the vice president of a sports marketing company, Premier Partnerships, Todd Walker, said. "People are willing to pay more for that experience."

This is, needless to say, an issue that transcends politics -- and one that demands our most urgent attention.

There is something to be said for the total immersion that a focused museum provides.

I hit "send." Needless to say, I didn't expect to hear from them again. So I was quite surprised when I quickly got an answer addressing each demand point by point.

Those pictures are definitely out there. Black tights, the whole thing. I was high. And there's something to be said for that, how that pertains to rock and roll.

There are those who believe Borthwick spends so much time analysing himself, there is little point other people joining in. Needless to say, he sees it differently.

"Technique plays a major role, although there's something to be said for brute force," he said.

Needless-to-say, he was as low-key as you'd expect and fairly closemouthed, yet it was still fascinating, and on several occasions hilarious.

After Prince stopped playing, the two of us had brunch together. I was sitting so close to the diminutive legend that, as he ate, flecks of his omelette fell into my mouth. The privilege of this intimate meal cost an additional eighty-five thousand dollars, but it was worth every penny.

Wearing a red trenchcoat and high heels, the usually elegant star picked herself back up immediately -- and just as quickly, warned fans not to put the video on the internet. Needless to say, videos appeared within minutes.

There is something to be said for traffic interruptus, for meandering down a street taking in the view as opposed to roaring through a neighborhood to get to the great beyond.