Just some noisy broads.

Well, come on, speak up. Who are these brats?

Who said this? A European representative of the Catholic Church or a foot in mouth Asian politician? Both actually!

But my teacher would also give you a cane to hold in your hand while you walk around and patrol the class for noise makers.

I fear that the French and Germans have now lost patience with the troublesome British, and are reluctant to cut a deal.

If you were a class monitor, you got to write down the names of noise makers, which was having enough power of its own.

And then you recall the neighborhood boy who tried to get you to take your panties off, and the naked stranger in the park, and another naked dude in another park, and all those pawing you on the subway, and the weird train ride when your drunk compartment neighbor tried to mount you in the middle of the night...

The way that party bosses, in China no less than in Japan, get rid of irksome rivals is to bring them down through public scandals, leaked to an obedient press, which then fans the flames.

I fear that the French and Germans have now lost patience with the troublesome British, and are reluctant to cut a deal. And Euroskeptic British politicians see this as an opportunity to recast the UK s relationship with the EU indeed, for some, it means a chance to negotiate an exit.