The way to unclog the three main arteries of our psychological heart is to make a thorough confession to the Lord.
But two good causes, doing something to unclog Britain's overcrowded roads and experimenting with new forms of participatory democracy, will both have been set back unless some lessons are learned.
Lawmakers could, of course, decide that there are other ways than buying up mortgages to unclog credit in financial markets.
I used that red toothbrush to unclog the drain.