It’s a rather pedantic bugbear of mine, so feel free to disparage me for it. But there’s a difference between ‘spicy’ food and ‘hot’ food - a distinction which is made by both the researchers who produced this study and the author of the NYT article (the latter to a far lesser extent, granted, but made nonetheless).…

Reading this might clarify things:

I am appropriating this insult, and will pretend I came up with it myself if asked. I’ll have the decency to secretly feel a little ashamed though. Just FYI.

No. It gets me so pissy whenever someone treats the knowledge of place-settings like it's understanding Fermat's last theorem. Bullshit - it's so simple! Stop acting like it isn't.

I only just noticed that the headlights of this car are, at the right angle, the McLaren logo. D'oh.

I have one of the slowest, cheapest fibre connections available in Luxembourg. Unlimited, unthrottled, costs me about $70/month (with a landline and mobile contract included)...

I grew up in Luxembourg, just over the border from Belgium. You know how some countries have a collection of off-colour jokes at another nation's expense? E.g. the English have drunk Irishman jokes, (to pick just one from many) the Swedes have uptight Norwegian jokes... Well, Luxembourg had Belgian driver jokes. No…