That's the way I'd go - the pages might curl a bit if its steamy (the sauna, not the book), but they'll dry out soon enough...

If you're steaming in the sauna I'd be iffy about electronic readers, but devices can handle most (even moist) heat for longer and hotter than a person can.

You pick it up again? It's a sauna.

Technically speaking, national anthems _are_ country music ...

Definitely best avoided for health reasons!

It was Seymour wanking on about paying for Māori lessons on the taxpayers' dime. So, neither.

Singing you the song of her people.

(You, you're her people)

My car does about 500km a fortnite. So a bit over $100 petrol. I wouldn't even need to plug that puppy in more than a couple of nights a week to keep it topped up.

Movie theatre popcorn...

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Santa R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Us normies will just have to wait and see...

(The sequel is in production, literally right now)

I've always been partial to a nice shillelagh.

And, not to start any fights, but the bluntness of several of those weapons is kinda nominal...

You've reminded me of the high tea down the road from me at Zealong. They're a tea plantation, the tea part is literal. I must go back there sometime soon.

I feel you. We had to do that with my MiL 4 years back. That's more stress than anyone deserves, even without all your other stress on top!
Here's positive hopes for 2026.

Stats says: if you don't buy a ticket you won't win, and if you do buy a ticket you probably won't win.
Economics says: Buying a ticket will give you an opportunity to dream about what you'd do if you won. That dream is surely worth approximately the cost of a movie ticket.
Its the rational choice.

Now that's an interesting crossover! Where does David Bowie turn up in it?