The most prescient description of the night time economy was in The Time Machine when the Eloi scamper away to their comfortable homes as the Morlocks emerge from their burrows. (View Post)

Why isn't orange jam just called jam? Think of all the ink wasted over centuries printing nine letters when three would do. Whatever happened to the Utilitarian Party? This is not just about cit… (View Post)

I assumed it was a tribute to e.e.cummings. (View Post)

To celebrate Marmalade Freedom Day I just bought this in Waitrose: (View Post)

Scaffolding can go down as well as up. (View Post)