1.   His left leg is almost totally stiff, and he usually takes a stick with him when he leaves the house.

2.   He took stick from everyone his mates said it was about time they had a good laugh.

3.   At one point, Flinn eased up on the controls of the giant plane, gave the nod, and for a few minutes Widnall took the stick.

4.   Beukeboom, the big hitter of the defense, left in the second period after taking a stick in the mouth from Bourque.

5.   After dad lands at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, each member of the family will take a stick of the gum and chew it.

6.   In the old days, pinatas were constructed around ceramic pots, or jarros, that went flying like shrapnel when a kid took a stick to them.

7.   Kariya was only briefly shaken up after taking a stick in the face from Dallas center Joe Nieuwendyk.

8.   Murray already had lost defenseman Steve McKenna, who took a stick to the left eye midway through the second period that required five stitches.

9.   On the other end, BC forward Mike Lephart took his stick and whacked it against the post.

10.   Only when he took a stick and thoroughly stirred the water did the film reunite.