(1) He's a mere stripling

(2) Long ago, when Al was a mere stripling of 83, the Players Club gave him a testimonial.

(3) Surely, though, there could be no such problem with filming a stripling of a novel, published a mere five years ago?

(4) U251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510I did not know him as a stripling , travelling around Scotland in the back of a bus,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb she says, with a smile.

(5) The police officer, a mere stripling of 35, was called to a nursing home where the woman was visiting a friend.

(6) Fast forward almost 21 years, to last Monday, when the Celtic under-21 team took on Kilmarnock's striplings .