In a world where political correctness has grown like a 6 week old sandwich found in the bottom of a school bag, I find joy in reading humour from others. Some of my favourite authors are comedic writers. Think Bill Bryson. Here in A Short History of Nearly Everything…

“In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one’s face.”