On physics: “The earth is gonna fall down one day. We have too many heavy things on it.” On space exploration: “Neil Armstrong, that spaceman, he went to the moon but he ain’t been back. It can’t have been that good.” On the film Gremlins: “What were those things in the film Gremlins called?” On […]

Here are my favourite bits of a Reddit thread about the lies parents tell their children (along with a couple of my own):- If you don't learn how to read, your voice disappears. If you pull a face, the wind might change and you'll be stuck with it. You can't eat that, you are allergic […]

Imagine if you lost a cucumber. There was a cucumber in the lost property office.It was found near the ticket barrier at the station.No one came in to say it was theirs. The cucumbersat on the shelf. It started to go soft. But still noone came. Then it started to flatten out and go mushy. […]

Working out, losing weight Maybe using tanning sprayBecoming more attractive in general Reading more, watching lessLearning all the rules for chessBecoming somewhat smarter in generalEating fish, not fingernailsVolunteer to save the whalesBecoming a better guy in generalSaving more, spending lessYes I will wax my chestDating more girls in generalBut not this year. No this year is different!As […]

"Startling" is the only 9-letter English word that you can create new words from by removing a letter each time.

Akram was sitting under a tree in the pasture near to the camps. He was counting the stars, which looked like diamonds twinkling in the darkness. Every night, Akram enjoyed making different shapes out of them: As a child, one of his favourite pastimes had been to sit outside at night with his grandfather, where together they enjoyed describing the different shapes that each constellation made. These memories were now the essence of his life, and it was one reason he liked this area of pastureland so much; it provided the perfect gateway to those precious childhood memories.