leech

He added, "The goal is for it to become flexible when laminating, but not to warm it up and have it melt or leech out of the dough. If your butter warms up too much while you are working with the dough, letting it rest for five to ten minutes covered in the refrigerator can be extremely helpful."

Rory turns into sandworm fodder the second he admits his slimy MO, suggesting that the smarmy leech was beyond redemption.

Among the 100 or so people who took part was Ian Leech, who said: "I used to have a Lowry print hanging on my wall and this seemed like great chance to be in one of his paintings."

Finally, the leech leaps, flying through the air with a kind of wild abandon.

“It takes a few years of leech study before you learn about the great debate,” reflected Michael Tessler, a specialist in leech biology at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York and a research associate at the natural history museum.