The vending machine went wrong and dispensed five cans of drink at once.

Wang also delivered a sensational “August 7” speech at the Foreign Ministry in a Red Guard struggle session aimed at Ch’en Yi.

'It isn't so funny when it's the other way round, is it?' I snarl, before adding, 'You geeky little squit,' for good measure.

Notwithstanding his assertion that December 25 was originally called Yule, and that December and January from it received their names as the earlier and later Yulemonth, there is not a single case, prior to the eleventh century, in which December 25 was called Yule.