1. As the anecdotes got bawdier, the laughter intensified.

2. In a way, "The Simpsons Movie" allowed its creators to go back to the show‘s bawdier roots, when they could get away with more ribald humor.

3. I date famous people") and a couple of trifling stories that somehow found their way into the bawdier publications ("Sven has a great body ... he performs a certain sexual act in a very satisfactory way"), while accepting a nominal fee of 300,000 for her troubles and retaining a becoming modesty ("I worked in insurance once ... I knew my potential lay with high–flyers and big shots" and pointing out her intentions ("I want to be happy and very, very rich and successful and I will be ... I‘m not going through life settling for second–best EVER"). Sadly, it seems the powers–that–be at the FA were anything but ready to be dragged by their cleated boots to the Love Shack, and Alam, who resigned last August (in a fax sent from the offices of Max Clifford PR firm just before she signed a contract for her kiss–and–tell tales with two Sunday newspapers), is now claiming damages for breach of contract, sexual discrimination, unequal pay and unfair dismissal.