Jonah:

May I quote myself, please? Thank you.

“If cinnamon were a planet, it would be Uranus. If it were a constitutional amendment, it would be the Third. If it were a theorem, it would be Menelaus’s. If it were a British ruling dynasty, it would be the Hanoverians. If it were a sport, it would be…”

(Thanks, by the way, to the many readers who emailed in about my C-Span gig this morning. I think I’m starting to get the hang of being on the telly, though I’m nowhere near as smooth as Lowry yet.)