And I really don't want to fight, as we once discussed, James Kirk.
"I once discussed that with somebody," he replied back at the beach house.
"So, we've managed to voyage nearly halfway around the planet without once discussing the problems in your relationship with the doctor."
They once discussed the possibility of forming a coalition themselves.
"We once discussed the propriety of making love on a desk."
Once while discussing terrorism and various foreign threats, he promised to "use our technology to enhance uncertainties abroad."
We never once discussed his plans.
These questions are perennials, but several of this writer's recent experiences make them worth discussing once again.
Yet the simple man who once discussed Islamic terms with difficulty now challenges a ruling family that built its kingdom on defending the faith.
I had even ventured to once discuss with her the "advantages" of a "syndicalist" society over a "capitalist" one, I'll note here.