They have many rainy days in Ireland, where this bit comes from. One of my favorite writers, Flann O’Brien.
There was nothing unusual in the appearance of Mr John Furriskey but actually he has one distinction that is rarely encountered – he was born at the age of twenty-five and entered the world with a memory but without personal experience to account for it. His teeth were well formed but stained by tabacco, with two molars filled and a cavity threatened in the left canine. His knowledge of physics was moderate and extended to Boyle’s Law and the Parallelogram of Forces.
The rest will cheer you up no end. Really.
white pebble 