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He could imagine his parents attending his funeral, being asked how their son had died and having to admit that nobody could explain it, but he’d somehow spontaneously become a foam.
It had a stripe, got to seventy-five miles per hour an eighth of a second faster, and the tires wore out faster while only costing twice as much to replace.
“That’s lesson one, Martin. Don’t drink the water unless you’ve boiled it to within an inch of its life. If you want to stay healthy, stick to wine and beer. The alcohol kills the bacteria.”
It’s easy for us to sneer at the church for claiming the Earth was created in six days, five thousand years ago, when there’s clear evidence that it’s much older, but you and I can prove that the Earth is part of a computer program, and how long did it take to write that program? Five days, perhaps? How long has the program been running?
Nobody has all the answers, because all the best answers generate more questions.
Phillip spat, “We didn’t make him the chairman. He made himself the chairman. His first act as chairman was to appoint himself chairman. There were only three of us at the time, so we didn’t think much of it. I thought he was joking, but every wizard who’s shown up since then has been introduced to ‘our chairman, Jimmy,’ and that’s that.”
