Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.

Speaking of food, English cuisine has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years, but the truth is that it can be a very pleasant surprise to the connoisseur of severely overcooked livestock organs served in lukewarm puddles of congealed grease. England manufactures most of the world's airline food, as well as all the food you ever ate in your junior-high-school cafeteria.

There was nowhere to sit except the bunk, which was covered with rotting food, and a wooden stool, upon which sat a large fur-covered lump—an old cheese, perhaps, or a dead cat.

The Mollusks—generous hosts when they weren’t trying to kill you.

Sailboats are the slowest form of transportation on Earth with the possible exeption of airline flights that go through O'Hare.

Reading... a vacation for the mind.

Ban walking sticks in wilderness. Hikers that use walking sticks are more likely to chase animals.