Dear me. I have a horrible feeling this is going to sound rather silly by this time tomorrow. (View Post)

Punters are right (View Post)

Without him, what would we have called Waterloo station and Trafalgar Square, huh? (View Post)

Don't try this in Greece. I once spent 20 minutes yelling at a bunch of elderly Cretans that I wanted a taxi. At minute 21 one of them said ah, I get it, he wants a taxEE. In Greek tAxi means OK, so … (View Post)

FAO is an unforced error Odysseus did not leave behind his wife and child to seek adventure, he tried to get out of the whole Trojan thing by feigning madness. Guardian level accuracy. (View Post)