lovely quotes from QI:
Stephen Fry: We were apparently rather resistant to the idea of destroying witches in England, unlike views espoused in so-called books - and I use the word "book" very loosely - like The Da Vinci Code. [pretends to spit in disgust] It is complete loose stool water. It is arse-gravy of the worst kind.
Alan Davies: The Chinese claim to have invented absolutely everything!
Stephen Fry: They did.
Alan Davies: All I say to the Chinese is - why didn't you invent the camera twelve hundred years ago so we could prove it