A needle of psi energy flicked knowingly up and down channels, touching here, there, shriveling, cutting, blocking. . . . Then it was done.

There is no government, there is no conspiracy, there is only greedy old us flicking between mind numbing channels that feed money directly into the petrol tank of a tycoons helicopter!

Safeta Muhic is glued to her television set, feverishly flicking channels for another chance to see Serbian gunmen killing her brother.

She flicked channels again.

A few weeks ago, Howard Eisley, the Knicks' recently acquired point guard, was feverishly flicking channels with his remote control.

I started flicking channels.

His friends sit watching television, casually spouting conspiracy theories about Saddam Hussein's capture, discussing what will happen if Gen Musharraf is assassinated (there have been two failed attempts), and then flicking channels to the Premier League.

She flicked channels to a documentary, and examined herself in the mirror.

He reached up and flicked the comm monitor perched on his ears, and tuned for all channels coming from the work zone.

He flicked channels from one bad movie to another before falling asleep thinking about Susan Anderson.