In 2009, she caused some controversy over her remark during a live television interview about Grand National champion jockey Liam Treadwell's crooked teeth; the BBC later apologized on her behalf.
Soaring wheat prices -- September futures hit $7.11 a bushel Wednesday, up 58% from June lows -- are triggering fears of a repeat of 2008's food riots.
But in a nation of animal lovers there are many who feel almost the same way about the loss of a pet, but whose emotions occasionally provoke raised eyebrows.
Nicknames like "Operation Killer" during the Korean war and Vietnam's "Operation Masher", Sieminski wrote, caused controversy when reported in the press.
As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy, triggering the most severe financial crisis since the 1920s.
In the process, he triggered upheavals in computing, music, telecoms and the news business that were painful for incumbent firms but welcomed by millions of consumers.
The banks that brought on the global financial crisis got billions while a tiny bit went to the homeowners and victims of the same banks' predatory lending practices.