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• INTERDIGIT Another one of those words that no-one of any importance ever uses.
  Probably devised by the same guy who thought up "recalcitrant"....
• CHOCOLATE Truly the most wondrous substance in the whole universe.
  One day they will discover that chocolate can be used to power the world, cure the common cold, stop cancer in its tracks, and do really nasty things to Nazis....
• ATLAS A really big dude who used to carry the world upon his shoulders (or something like that).
  Today's modern Prime Ministers and Presidents may think that they carry the world upon *their* shoulders, but if that were true then they'd be crushed into tiny specks just by the sheer weight of the damn thing....
• RAIN Another one of those things that is great to watch when you're not caught in it.
  Perhaps what we need to do is somehow make intelligent clouds that rain, but not actually *on* people....
• NEWT One of those really small beasties that annoys little kids because they're too small to step on.
  I dunno though - if you were flying along and got caught in the downward air-draught of a descending foot, it'd do serious damage, wouldn't it?...
• MARK, MARKY I don't know what it is about these people who not only have first and surnames starting with the same letters, but also have the nerve to get famous with those names.
  I guess their parents were all alliteration enthusiasts....
• NULL MODEM Another one of those things which sits around on your desk for months, but mysteriously vanishes the day before you need it.
  -- Daniel Bowen's TOXIC CUSTARPEDIA...
• AND NOW ANOTHER WORD FROM THE PENTAGON Oh, and by the way.
  .. about those 45,000 body-bags we had shipped to Saudi Arabia....
• CHURCH A church is either (a) a big, generally impressive-looking building where people go to indulge in religious activities, or (b) a rash commonly found on the upper-thigh.
  I think it's (b). One well-known cure is to dab it with a cream mixed from worm manure, cow snot and crushed caterpillars....