Dan Liebke's Astonishing Tales

Dear Dr Dan, Which lasts longer, U2′s Everlasting Love or The Bangles’ Eternal Flame? – Incapable of Grasping the Infinite Dear Incapable of Grasping the Infinite, According to the UK Singles Chart for 1989, the year in which both singles were released, The Bangles are the surprising victors in this particular smackdown: Four (4) weeks [...]

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Dear Dr Dan When I die, should I be buried or cremated? – Conscious of Mortality Dear Conscious of Mortality, Let’s go over the arguments for each of the options before making a decision: Obviously, if you’re buried, there is a chance that you will rise from the grave as a zombie Similarly, if you’re [...]

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Dear Dr Dan, Is the glass half-empty? Or half-full? – Optimistic About My Pessimism Dear Pessimistic About My Optimism, I don’t think you should look at the glass as being half-full or half-empty. Instead, simply accept the fact that you’re using a glass that is way too big.

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I was talking to Bilbo this morning about the new game that he’s started playing called My Tribe. It’s basically a Civilization™ style of game where you create a little colony and then assign them tasks and they build a world and grow trees and research things and catch fish. All very innocent …

Just listening to Achy Breaky Heart by a certain Billy Ray Cyrus and one question immediately comes to mind. What sort of inner body communications system did he have that you could tell his arms, feet, lips, eyes, mind and fingertips that they were through but his heart wouldn’t find out? For that matter what [...]

Dear Dr Dan, If you could invite any three historical figures over for dinner, who would they be? – Dinner Party Fan Dear Dinner Party Fan I’d have to say Porky Pig (our favourite ham!) and Mr Potato Head, both roasted to perfection and topped with a sauce made of freshly pureed Fiona Apple.

I’ve just discovered the most exciting bit about the new TV show, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Namely, the inclusion in the cast of a certain Mr Brian Austin Green (aka David from Beverly Hills, 90210). Finally the good people at Fox have taken note of the countless petitions and threatening letters that I sent [...]

Dear Dr Dan, I’m bored. Can you suggest something fun to do? – Overcome With Tedium Dear Overcome With Tedium, As long as you have a dead animal carcass and a stopwatch, you can always have fun. Simply hang the carcass from a backyard hook, pull out your stopwatch and measure how long it takes [...]

There is one astonishing African animal that kills more humans than any other. What might that animal be, you might ask, if you hadn’t noticed the heading of this article. Is it the king of the beasts, the lion? Or possibly the lithe and solitary leopard? Or do the elephants and rhinos use their respective [...]