seppuku

If anyone had said to me back then that it was going to get worse before it got better I'd have considered Hari-kiri or at least attempted to hibernate until it did.

The spin-doctors think such images aren't just sartorial suicide, but political hari-kiri.

Scotlandwasted an overlap down the right inside Wales' 22 and then committed hari-kiri. Dan Parks fired a woeful pass which Rhys Williams intercepted with ease, sprinting 80 yards to score.

It began following a sensational exchange of quick-fire rugby, as the Wallabies committed hari-kiri.

``It seems the Post Office is intent on committing hari-kiri.

Listen, don't commit Hari-kiri just yet - England were terrible against Nigeria and they'll never get their grubby paws on the trophy before a genuine class outfit like Spain or Brazil.

As Tony Blair beats the drum for Britain in Japan this weekend, his Government back home seems to be doing its best to commit hari-kiri.

Meanwhile Britain's bookmakers, a calculating breed not known for suicidal tendencies, must have contemplated collective hari-kiri at Phil Mitchell's efforts to run a book.

Still, there's no way I'm going to commit hari-kiri after Saturday afternoon's match at Hampden.