At the last count in late July, the accumulated mileage of the Pendolino had notched a mind-boggling 287,859,672 (unit 390132 City of Birmingham topping the charts with 5,482,316 miles having passed under its wheels).

Giant and dragon interchange as opponents of god or hero in folklore; in the gigantomachies we have evidence of their near-identity.

Can. Let me be torn into mammocks with wild Bears if I make not a gallemaufry of thy heart

[D]rops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface; […]