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Oh bugger, I have to get up early tomorrow to do more things to the car with my father-in-law. OK, he's a nice guy whose company I don't mind, and the car really does need looking at, since the back bumper keeps falling off and resists my efforts to knock it back into position using t'ai chi, but even so ...

Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with a new invention. It is called the "train" (except for the Apple version, which is called the "iTrain"). It is like a car, except that it runs on things called "rails". Rather than one driver for three or four people, a train only needs one driver for over a hundred people. A steering wheel is not necessary because of the aforementioned rails. Moreover, it is never necessary to use maps or fancy computer systems for a train driver to find the correct route. Crashes are rare, and while trains have been known to break down, the passengers never need to get out and push them. There is even a version for urban tavel called the "underground" or "metro" (except in America, where for some reason it is named after a sandwich).

Hellblazer

The first thing I'll do the next time I go back to England is go up to the attic to see if my old Hellblazer comics are still there and intact. Constantine was fun, but as the Turkish saying goes, the imitation only reminds you of the original.

By the way, would you believe that someone has written a Constantine/Sailor Moon fan-fic?