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So in layman's terms our fastest ever player - probably John Williams, is a little bit younger than he should be compared to our slowest ever player - insert name here......?

The theory of relativity. Have tried many times to understand time dilation in a layman's terms rather than the maths. In other words, why does going extremely fast mean that time actually slows down for you relative to someone who is slower or stationary? Over the years I've tried to grasp this...

Humility is good, don't see it very often though. In the end you often have to judge a particular religion by the example it sets. Need we say more?

These speakers always give the impression that they would be violent, vengeful, cruel, jealously vicious, vindictive and hateful (bit like their gods) if they didn't have faith and that they need this father figure and afterlife threat/reward to behave well.

It's dishonest because the message always implies that morality belongs to those with faith and that religion is the 'truth'. Why can't Thought for the Day include a humanist or secular speaker to give another point of view?

No, and it's always conveniently forgotten that most creatures end up being eaten alive. It's a wonderful world.

This comes on my clock radio every morning and it's at that point I'm off to the bathroom to empty my bladder. It's only a few minutes, in amongst the news and a different thought each day. It usually goes something like this, I was watching Blue Planet and marvelling at all the majesty of the...

Radio 4's 'Thought for the Day' always makes me cringe. Embarrassing, patronising and above all dishonest.

Yup this drives me mad and it's not just ITV - the BBC are just as guilty with all this 'coming up later in the programme' etc. On my local news we see the same item sometimes previewed three times and this is in a half hour news slot. And then there's programmes like Countryfile which can't...

I think it will probably sell well but hardly ever be used, like that Breville toaster or all the extra buttons on your microwave. My daughter's boyfriend is into all this stuff and has lights that change colour controlled by his phone and even lights behind his TV which change colour synched...

yes agreed but it's being marketed for as the next best thing for every householder

Yup Ray Davis - brilliant songwriter and songs that have never dated. Bowie again a game changer on the music scene (although lyrics pretty random)- went to see him at the Cov Theatre in the Ziggy Stardust tour probably around 1973)

Wellies that don't stand up once they've been worn a few times. All this hive smart home stuff - why would I ever need to adjust my lighting remotely or my heating? I have a thermostat which does just fine and a hand that can use a switch as I enter a room. It all seems absolutely pointless and...

I think we've pretty near the top where science Nobel prizes are concerned - and two giants of physics and biology - Newton and Darwin. As for Elvis Costello - some of the best lyrics ever written imo.

The carbuncle thing made me spill my tea - still can't stop laughing

Surely this won't be the same after Brexit?

This is a minefield - greeting a female friend nowadays is it an air kiss? One side? Both sides? Full on the lips with tongues? What's going, we're not French for goodness sake. I've even got male friends now that insist on handshakes all round when we meet down the pub. What's happened to good...

Technically this must be some sort of testicular explosion.

Putting 'pre' in front of words like order and book. It's sheer tautology. I was asked in the theatre whether I would like to pre-book my intermission drinks, I said no but could I just book them instead (that's the sort of sad pedant I'm becoming). The girl looked confused so I explained to...

The usual moronic anti German war songs - embarrassing and pathetic.