True, though in my admittedly not overly large circles of friends, family, acquaintances, etc., those brief (and sometimes frustratingly and unexpectedly perma

True, though in my admittedly not overly large circles of friends, family, acquaintances, etc., those brief (and sometimes frustratingly and unexpectedly permanent) reassignments of property, applying nerve toxin to the item has been a consideration in remarkably few situations. Those instances usually turned out to be a false alarm with only dry cleaning required to calm everyone's, um, nerves.