In a cruel Stalinist coup I declared myself head of the Sensible Party (slogan: A Sensible Party for a sensible nation).
He said nurses wanted "a sensible pay offer and a sensible commitment to see nurses pay on a level with their allied health professions within a reasonable time scale".
It seemed a sensible idea in a country where large families were commonplace.
It is an amazing triumph of technology that gets better and better, year after year, and yet somehow is every bit as exciting as a 25 mph drive through a sensible neighborhood at a reasonable time of day.
Mr Noda's ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) had recently proposed slapping another two yen tax on cigarettes and selling down the government's stake in Japan Tobacco, which many people saw as a sensible way for a debt-strapped government to help pay the huge costs of post-tsunami reconstruction.
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If the citizens of one or other part of Europe send the constitution back to the bin, the EU might be forced to come back with a simpler, more sensible version a few years from now, when its new members have had time to settle in and any problems of an enlarged Union will have had time to emerge.
In developing countries with immature financial markets, a freely floating exchange rate may not be sensible because a small number of foreign-exchange trades can cause big swings in currencies.
But his blunt comments were hardly a sensible opening salvo in a highly contentious debate.
With this training Lance drew up a sensible business plan for a janitorial service.
Its target dates for parallel moves make it a sensible action plan with a clearly defined end-game.
Obama stands to make history by using his pulpit to encourage a more sensible dialogue around a Cuba policy that has been futile.
Capello, unconvinced about David James' fitness, chose Green ahead of the inexperienced Joe Hart - on the surface a sensible decision but ultimately a costly one.
For things that clearly do have the springlike quality of shifting irreversibly if pulled (or pushed) too far, like the collapse of ice sheets or the melting of permafrost, a boundary system that seeks to stop you getting too close to the threshold seems as sensible as a safety rail is on a parapet.
The technology is well understood and a sensible choice for teams in a hurry.
This is, as I say, a sensible idea, it addresses a real problem (the 2008 unpleasantness was more about runs on banks than anything else) and the only great surprise is that governments have managed to identify a real problem and come up with a real solution to it.
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While testing is a necessary part of a sensible acquisition program, it is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
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Londonism seems more sensible in a world in which Britain cannot be too picky about how it earns its living, and dynamic people will be warmly welcomed elsewhere.
Such a narrative requires the Scottish government to build and retain popular support - thus inviting voters to infer that independence would be sensible, a construction built upon solid existing foundations.
But Mr Brown refuses to acknowledge what almost everyone with any knowledge of the subject can see: what might have been sensible politics a few years ago is not necessarily the basis for a long-term approach to pensions provision.
Even the most sensible has a hard time not being dazzled as the salesperson slids figures in and out telling them how the loan can be structured so they can afford it, at least for the first two or three years, blah, blah, blah.
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But Mr Gore did not simply present himself as a sensible centrist on economic policy a natural friend, in fact, of executives with bulging wallets.
It all smelled like a sensible sort of dish, cooked to a businessman's recipe but garnished with a few tasty morsels to keep the ruling Socialist-led coalition's left-wingers, Communists and Greens in fair fettle.
All this has left Italy's reputation as a sensible place in which to invest more than a little damaged.
And the one piece of good news is that for the most part, a sensible, straight-forward strategic plan for a 21st century FCC has already been written.
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Under a sensible tax reform, the feds would impose either a corporate tax or a dividend and capital gains tax, but not both.
Today, we need a sensible middle ground between heavy-handed regulation and a hands-off approach to a risk that can hurt the innocent, as well as the sophisticated buyer.
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But it looked as if the party with the most votes was the one led by Mahmoud Jibril, a sensible modernising reformer who claims to be something between a secular liberal and a mild Islamist.
However when the US first launched its challenge in June, Intellectual Property Office commissioner Tian Lipu was quoted by state media as saying that it was "not a sensible move for the US government to file such a complaint".
I'm even cautiously optimistic that the current impasse over gun regulation is a bad-equilibrium that few consumers actually want, and that a reconstructed Freedom Group, fighting for sensible change as a fifth column from within the industry, might well find that many people -- even a significant portion of the NRA's members -- would buy from a truly responsible (and high quality) gunmaker if given the chance.
Subaru is a sensible-shoes brand amid the glitz of the L.A. Auto Show.
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