It's all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making.
The kind of shopping — where you hand over notes and count out change in return — now happens only in the most minor of our retail encounters, like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk, from a corner shop.
In a newspaper article, Mr. Johnson who campaigned for Brexit before last year's referendum says it will be a mockery of the results if Britain continues to be part of the EU's single market and customs union.
During the rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser girls were encouraged to go to school, and women exhorted to join the workforce, as part of the general push for economic development.
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands said that he recently ended his role as a regular " guest pilot" after 21 years with the national airline's fleet of now-outdated aircraft.
Those parents who approve of corporal punishment contend that they only spank as a last resort, do it only for serious misbehavior and only when they are calm.