I loved UK Grim by Sleaford Mods

“The message, replete with spelling and grammatical errors, read as follows . . .”

Well at least we can rule out people who actually use libraries or read books

The picture is from Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84

Cormac McCarthy going on a Wikipedia spree sounds like one of the least likely things to ever happen

Fair enough. I had always assumed they had been further along given how it has been described at times as a kind of “atomic race” with the Manhattan Project.

If Germany had not invaded Poland and stuck with what they had on August 31st 1939, would they have been able to beat America to the atomic bomb, and therefore been in a stronger position to win what would eventually have been WWII?

I don’t know how far along their atomic research was at that point, nor America for that matter, but I do know the invasion of Poland and subsequent actions created an urgency in the Americans weapons programme.

I know it’s a “what if” but I’m talking specifically about where both programmes were on August 31st 1939.

Is that when he was managing Flight of The Conchords?

The Unabomber is the hipster’s murderer; the reluctant killer with the heart of gold. Honestly, people’s obsession with this guy is really disappointing. I think the whole serial killer fascination is awful but people love excusing him, “he was dosed . . . he’s not wrong” etc.

RICK!!!! Moranis

I prefer horse volleyball myself

I absolutely love Carver. I know exactly what you mean. He seems to have this skill where every description, every conversation is distilled to its essence. At the same time, the things that aren’t said are just as important. Obviously he has a minimalist kind of style and tends to focus on blue collar subjects but I think how you describe him is perfect. He just gets an awful lot of out brevity.