5 a day is recommended as the Powers That Be thought it was a goal that seemed achievable for most people, even if it's not what's best for health. About a month ago there were stories in the British newspapers saying that 10 a day what you should be aiming for, health-wise.

If a straight woman finds it difficult to parallel park, it's because she's been lied to all her adult life about what six inches looks like.

Is...is that real? In that situation, I can definitely imagine hovering!

Why are people always talking about false rape accusations? The rate is less than 3pc. That's less than the rate for car insurance fraud. Why don't we talk about the fraudsters every time we talk about car insurance fraud?*

Leuchtturm 1917 is where it's at. Better quality paper than Moleskine and lovely details overall.

Oh...I bet you're one of those people who says they don't see race either, right?

Our office wars centre on normal towels vs paper towels in the bathroom (the Germans think the former are disgusting, the Anglos think both are fine) open vs closed doors (the Anglos like the former as it's more inviting, the Germans think the breeze is responsible for every known illness) and all office lights on…

I've lived in Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, mainly. Maybe it's a cultural phenomenon that passed me by! Airport bathrooms here in Germany sometimes have empty dispensers for those toilet seat covers, but rarely anything in them :)

Yes, and because British Conservatives are all about family values and the nuclear family. Allow gay people to get married, you have more people propping up the institution of marriage.

Is this a US/North American thing? I'm European and I have never heard of hovering, though I can imagine some very squeamish people doing it. But most women? Did I miss that class in school? Why did no one tell me?

Ted, brachiator, I emit this too. Can we start a support group?

It sucks that I've lost so much - my house, my jobs, not going to see my friends, not going to have my dog. I don't want to be bitter or angry but I think it's more difficult because I know he gets to keep everything, stay in the same place, do the same job, keep our dog, keep most of my possessions, even...

Yup, when horse meat is considered the most nutritious meat in Kazakhstan and is a popular meat around Europe and the world.

You are an enormously intuitive person :)

American fanny then. I once overheard a group of American women saying they went into the sea but didn't get their fannies wet...I was about 12 and nearly died of shock.

British fanny or American fanny?

Red meat tends to have more iron, more vitamins and more minerals than fish, they said. I still eat Greek yoghurt, beans, and lots of lentils (EAT MORE LENTILS) for protein, but it turns out it's not enough. I still take omega 3 fatty acids which were prescribed for a heart condition a few years ago, and I find they…

I think after the Barilla debacle, Bartolli came out with a number of ads saying all couple combinations are fine, or something like that. I have it in my head that there was a visual ad with pasta bows in different orientations.

Whether this is a joke or not, it interests me that the punchline "The dash don't be silent" or "The dash aint silent" is in AAVE. It's very much "lets laugh at he ridiculous names African Americans name their children".