Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Little View Post
Even if I'd had 'a little' secret pocket sewn into my **boxer shorts (in which to conceal a wad of cash) any pleas to travel solo would've inevitably "fallen on deaf ears" ... because ... the possible outcome might as well have been likened to an old of mine about 'Polaris' (a US nuclear submarine based on the River Clyde) knickers:-

"One 'Yank' ... and **they're down!"
Sadly ... ... my 'little' joke seems to've [also] "fallen on deaf ears" - yet ANOTHER time, alas!

Oh well ...