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Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists?

Ben Aaronovitch

The worst part is staying in the room after you’ve broken the news, so that you’re forced to be there when someone’s life disintegrates around them. Some people say it doesn’t bother them – such people are not to be trusted.
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Broken Disintegrate News People Stay Worst
This I know for a fact: the reason African women have children is so that there’s someone else to do the housework.
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Children Facts Reason
My dad was a fairy,” said Zach. “And by that I don’t mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.
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Dad Mean Musical
On the plus side, there were no rioters in sight but on the minus side this was probably because everywhere I looked was on fire.
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Fire Side Sight
Are they really gods?” “I never worry about theological questions,” said Nightingale. “They exist, they have power and they can breach the Queen’s peace – that makes them a police matter.
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Police Queen Worry
The study of the victim is called victimology because everything sounds better with and ology tacked on the end.
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Sound Study Victim
Holy paranormal activity, Nightingale – to the Jag mobile.
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Holy Nightingale Paranormal
If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth.
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Broken Jobs People
He was calling it an atonic seizure because, even if he didn’t know why it had happened, it was important to give it a cool name.
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Giving Important Name
Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.
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Answers Ignored Question
For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call.
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Call Close Hug Moments
Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists?
BEN AARONOVITCH

East Potatoe
…good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport – like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling.
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Jumping Sports Wrestling
If you just warn people, they often simply ignore you. But if you ask them a question, then they have to think about it.
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Drunk People Thinking
This is your brain on magic.
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Brain Innovation Magic
Conflict resolution,’ said Nightingale. ‘Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ I said. ‘But don’t worry, they also teach us how to beat people with phone books and the ten best ways to plant evidence.
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Books People Phones

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