A little further on we will talk a bit about little-known bigenderism and the people who alternate cycles of male and female identity, but first we should reflect—especially as we begin this chapter—on the meaning of the word normal.

Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're toilet-training her.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

It was a fitting scoreline on the club's landmark anniversary, and appropriate that Van Persie should get the winner.