And while the welcome from the mildly eccentric - and very proud - locals was warm, the weather was decidedly chilly.

In fact, a quarter of a century ago, wearing a hat of almost any sort was considered mildly eccentric.

Her family had a liberal and mildly eccentric reputation - an ancestor relinquished his feudal privileges in the 19th century.

The personalities of the individual mercenaries range from mildly eccentric to obviously disturbed, and their spoken lines give the games a cartoon-like quality.