God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining.

Reality is hopelessly inaccurate.

I don't want to die now!" he yelled. "I've still got a headache! I don't want to go to heaven with a headache, I'd be all cross and wouldn't enjoy it!

Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?

The kakapo is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just about good for waggling a bit if it thinks it's about to trip over something - but flying is out of the question. Sadly, however, it seems that not only has the kakapo forgotten how to fly, but it has forgotten that it has forgotten how to fly. Apparently a seriously worried kakapo will sometimes run up a tree and jump out of it, whereupon it flies like a brick and lands in a graceless heap on the ground.

I am terribly proud of-I was born in Cambridge in 1952 and my initials are DNA!

Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.