And as Keegan walked off with a chorus of catcalls ringing inhisears after England's dismal effort, he was ready to hand his resignation to shocked FA officials.
But Mr Clinton has his fingers inhisears: his administration failed to give the doctor a seat on the presidential advisory commission on Medicare, and generally ignores him.
With the cheers of success still ringing inhisears, we got some quality time with Art Thompson, the technical project director, and Baumgartner's earliest collaborator on the Stratos mission.