... together with a Chesterfield club chair, and a monocle.

so do I - just to make sure that I did everything ok in traffic when the first guy in his truck runs me over, and can sue his massive ass.

I'm wondering how that 'booom' feels when coming out of hypersonic - not sure whether I wanted to be the source of that...

What is that fear of 'looking stupid' when wearing a helmet? You can't see yourself - so what?

I'm making a bold prediction here: if there is a black iPad mini, it shall be CARBONFIBER!

Doesn't this sound a bit like Genesis re-loaded?

You forgot those!

O-M-G. 160 bucks for something you can achieve with a $16 Cilio porcelain cone, another such amount for a stylish porcelain vessel, and some Melitta paper? Something's over the top here.

But how much longer can you hold her? The shields are failing!

How would you know, Molly, whether it's embarrassing to pick up Viagra from the pharmacy?!

was just thinking exactly this!

So just for your diaries - today marks the day where the opinion pendulum swings back...

Honi soit qui mal y pense...

I just spit out my coffee - where, for the sake of all things funny, is this from??

Is it wrong to feel smug for not being in 'social media' every time I read something like that?

You could have called your dog your mother's maiden name, though...

If I had read this comment in the morning, I'd have coffee all over my keyboard...

Nice piece - informative, and well written. And extra thanks for an article without typos!

Good grief, this is a typical case of looking at something historical through today's glasses, with the result of some pseudo-spectacular distortion. Antibiotics weren't available yet at that time. And chalk and opium is essentially an early form of loperamide. Cannabis & chili makes sense for colics - it's…

"Hey, aluminum recycles!" ... and that's why it annoys me when people toss their beer/soda cans into the 'regular' trash bin.