Finger trouble, he told the twitterati who were quick off the mark with their congratulations.
The once-infested were also less quick off the mark when the time came to sing.
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And BAT, as it happens, was quick off the mark in denouncing the outcome of the South African meeting.
Despite this, Skype was quick off the mark in other business matters.
"I wasn't really nervous I was just not quick off the mark and she took advantage of that, " said Robson, who double-faulted on match point.
For those quick off the mark, this is already happening.
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Hart had to be quick off his line to deny Utaka immediately after the break while James was happy to see Lee Bowyer slice a volley high and wide.
Italy's foreign minister, Lamberto Dini, has been quick off the mark in congratulating Mr Qaddafi on returning to the fold, even suggesting that he takes part in a Euro-Med meeting next week.
The Sawirises have been ambitious and quick off the mark, but other Egyptian entrepreneurs too are expanding overseas, using skills honed by dealing with Egypt's often tangled bureaucracy to venture into risky but promising markets.
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Berbatov headed straight at Schwarzer from close range in the 13th minute, while the Boro keeper needed to be quick off his line to stop Jenas seven minutes later after a sparkling run from the midfielder.
The Muslim community in particular was very quick off the mark in saying this violence has nothing to do with Islam and nothing to do with the 99.9 percent of the three million Muslims in this country who abhor such acts of brutality.
The crowd of 21, 824 roared after Handzus' second goal of the postseason, and cheered even louder when Quick skated off and was replaced by Jonathan Bernier.
Put selling initiated at both of these strikes in the first hour of the trading session this morning suggests traders may be taking quick profits off the table.
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After winning quick ball off the top at a line-out they fired it into midfield and Andy Farrell, captaining Saracens for the first time, crashed it up the middle.
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But from the next line-out Ireland scrum-half Peter Stringer took a quick tap off the top and scampered through the Scottish defence before offloading to Heaslip, a first-half replacement for number eight Denis Leamy, to crash over.
Quick ball off the top of a line-out gave them the chance to cut loose, and a neat inside pass from Larkham gave Gerrard the chance to scythe over by the posts, with Mortlock landing the easy conversion.
North guided Anderson behind point to record a richly-deserved century - the Western Australia captain has now scored tons on both his Test and Ashes debuts - and Haddin took a quick single off Flintoff to pass 50.
Harlequins won quick ball off the top of a line-out and when they shipped it into midfield Turner-Hall cut a stiletto line to scissor with Evans before racing over, with Evans adding the extras to put the Londoners in front.
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Yet Mr Rawnsley may have been too quick to write off New Labour, as his book's title suggests he has.
But has he been too quick to write off the potential of Twitter as a way of tracking the spread of viruses?
For his part, Booker was quick to cast off the "superhero" title.
Otherwise, our quick test went off without a hitch, and you shouldn't expect to run into any problems, assuming your smartphone's orientation is a non-issue.
Or will it go completely parabolic with some kind of quick blow-off move, perhaps the kind associated with major geopolitical events or with unexpected monetary changes?
While many have been quick to write off the injured Tiger Woods, my prediction is he will come back for some memorable duels with McIlroy over the next decade.
The one nation whose presence still guarantees a measure of stability in Asia is the very one whose influence commentators are so quick to write off: the United States of America.
After the launch of the euro in 1999 the bond markets were quick to shake off their doubts about the durability of monetary union without a common fiscal or economic policy.
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