Known locally as the olitiau, the creature that buzzed Dr. Sanderson was similar to dozens of other strange birds said to still inhabit remote corners of Africa.

And the very next page of ‘Femalia’ offered her a more practical answer. Food fads, swore the copy, this time built around a broad sporting the narrowest of bras, didn’t help any. What you needed was a spot reducer, guaranteed to milk you clean of all your unwanted fat.

The hell you say! rejoined McBane. I'll leave this car when I get good and ready, and that won't be till I've finished this cigar. See?

In primitive, diaperless societies, infants' excrement simply fell to the floor of the cave or jungle or desert.