What the guests should take from this: the married couple would never be the kind of friends you really need, so at least you didn't waste money on them. They're not worth any more of your time either, except for one small thing...

In the bride's own words: "but for your next wedding … people give envelopes". Easy solution: take back the food and give them a pack of envelopes.

Impressive, but it does highlight what an impossible task it would be if we all wanted to learn everyone else's language, just to communicate with them. I could spend years learning French and Spanish, only to find that they are pretty much useless when I go to Germany or Denmark, for example. At some point we may as well all give in and speak English, simply because that's the second language of choice around the world.

Just the kind of cheery little song I love!

I don't think I'd be very welcome in the US (I'm English) - I never normally tip, even to the point where I'll wait for the 10p small change for a taxi ride (I'd actually feel meaner telling him to keep such a small amount).

There's no real tipping culture in the UK, and I've certainly never been anywhere where you'd automatically tip at a bar for drinks - you always pay and wait for your change. Maybe someone might say 'and have one yourself', or 'keep the change', which is then taken out of the payment, but that's really the exception.

I don't understand the assumption that tipping is the norm, but again I suppose that's a cultural thing. But did the person providing the service do something out of the ordinary? Was he/she going beyond their job description when setting down food on your table or driving your taxi? If not, why tip? I would tip (and have done so) for exceptional service, but someone who knocks on the door with a pizza delivery is doing nothing exceptional - I already paid a delivery charge, and the person handing me my food is doing that job.

I know that animal testing goes on, and I'm generally supportive of it, but I wish the scientists would do stuff like this without me seeing it in action. Same way that I don't want to see my steak die. When the end products for humans come out, show me then.

Wait, those aren't cups, they're meat grinders, and... what does THIS button do? Noooooooo!

I can sort of see how this could have happened - perhaps the track was more clearly defined nearer the bottom, and given that there was no way to turn you'd feel as if you had to keep on going. Still, vans do have a reverse gear so he could have reversed all the way down again (carefully). The photos attached to the article show that the track is fenced in, so that was definitely doable - no rear window in a van, but wing mirrors and the presence of the fence would have helped him to go back down.

Sounds like sleeping with my ex.

You could also virtually remove comments which didn't seem to take but which appeared anyway, after you'd changed what you were going to say :o)

Well I really can't seem to guess what people would try first in their unrestricted VR worlds, populated by attractive VR people who never say no. Online classes? Maybe after a couple of years...

Well I really wonder what people would try first in their unrestricted VR worlds, populated by attractive VR people who never say no.

If you can't paint or sculpt, just produce any old crap and attach an arty-farty meaningless description to it. Job done - you're an artist. Next week, a bowl of peas becomes social commentary on the problems of over-population in the developing world.

If you can't paint or sculpt, just produce any old crap and attach an arty-farty meaningless description to it. Job done - you're an artist.

I'm 6'9" and already can't fit into planes or buses unless I'm in the seats next to the emergency exits. It's not just uncomfortable - I physically cannot fit into the space they give you. There are a lot of tall people about, so this will penalise us more, and I realise that I'm 'extra tall' but anyone over 6' will have problems with this nonsense of an idea.

The author wants Christians to 'get radical'. Yeah because there are no down sides to radical religious beliefs of course.

Fun part:

"A parent's radical act of faith could involve something as simple as spending a summer in Bolivia working on an agricultural renewal project"

As simple as moving to Bolivia? THAT simple?!

I think I'll stick with atheism. Christianity? No thanks - I'm not THAT simple.