I like the way it ended, especially when viewing it as a fable about controlling behaviour and "nice guys" since he gets just up and leave (in a way) leaving her behind to deal with the aftermath and the trauma for the rest of her life.

They probably hate your music too...

Ah, these pages must have been great! I wish I could look at then again!

Would have been faster to just use a picture of the real thing then get the idiot machine to draw a picture of it!

Outside the UK they in fact are extremely abundant, found across the whole of Europe and most of Asia. Bites are just extremely rare.

We can’t keep overclocking a brain

The last 60,000 years of human ingenuity and creativity would prove that to be demonstrably false. The problem isn't how much we have to process but what we're being forced to by modern life.

Well you could start drilling a hole down into the earth for fun. That would be a boring hobby...

Asking for Mankind

First thing my parents did when they retired was pick a university degree to take to keep their minds active.

If someone can for fun complete a maths degree at 73, pretty sure it's not too late for whatever you want to do.

My sister went through 3 potential builders before she found one that would even address her rather than her husband.

She, the extremely qualified, professional architect who works restoring ancient buildings and who's name is on the structural plans and diagrams as the engineer picked the first people who could identify that her husband couldn't tell a hammer from a screwdriver.

Also should help the low birth rate in the area...

I mean actual wasabi isn't that "hot", the majority of what is called wasabi, outside Japan is horseradish which is a lot "hotter". Wasabi is also eaten in incredibly small amounts to season the food rather than provide a dominant flavour.

Traditional Japanese food has almost no heat at all, short hop to Korea though where they love very spicy food.