He talks to the chickens!

Those of you who subscribe to Language Log have probably already seen this, but if you haven't, click, read and marvel at a short tale of one man convinced he can talk to chickens:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004425.html

It doesn't mention whether or not chickens have a concept of religion, but it still reminded me of dolorous_ett's apocalyptic chicken cult fic....

ETA: is this a case of chick-lit?

Why? How?

How can a lever arch file of notes and photocopies just vanish? How?

Naturally, precisely when I need them to check references...

ETA: it turned up. Amazing what even a bad dinner followed by thinking about something else (in this case playing bowls with the second year) will do. I still think it was hiding, though.

"Get with it, Barbara!"

Think that the Tenth Doctor's familiarity with the pop-culture of the day is a bit peculiar?

I've just found something even more mind-boggling: The First Doctor's enthusiasm for the Beatles...

( I didn't know the Beatles played classical music! )