the archbishop of Constantinople retiring? Does that ring any bells

It would only seem polite, would it not?

Apocryphally used by the police before breathalysers:

The Leith police dismisseth us

And descending into the gutter:

I'm not the pheasant plucker,
I'm the pheasant plucker's son,
And I'm only plucking pheasants
Till the pheasant pluckers come.

Rod