You'd have to use a lot of starch to reduce the swing. A lot.

I think that the swing is actually improved by a light starching. The fabric is made slightly less inclined to stick to itself by the smooth surface so it oscillates more freely than before. I think that there is silicone added to the sray too, and that reduces the friction both for ironing and in wear.

I shall have to get my shingle maker onto the new sign right away.

As soon as I find out what a shingle would be doing by my front door.

Hmm - 'Every tum ti tum ti tum is a shingle or a rafter tum ti tum ti tum ti taa taa, when we build our little home'

Yes - two nations divided by the same language.

It would have fallen off the roof?