Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.

And for all the richest and most successful merchants life inevitably became rather dull and niggly, and they began to imagine that this was therefore the fault of the worlds they'd settled on.

Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.

Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.

Aberystwyth (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.

Earth: mostly harmless