Firstly, while my NTL broadband connection at home has been distinctly flakey this last week or so, I'm reluctant to deploy my most colourful language about it because my boss's NTL broadband connection has been far,far worse today.
Secondly, while it's far too hot here today for someone with my physiology, I'm reluctant to deploy my most colourful language about it because then I'll have run out of suitable language to describe how hot it'll be when I land in Washington DC in a month's time.