It’d be like finding out that Mandela, Einstein, Marie Curie and the fella who invented the stirrup were in the same hurling team at Minor level

Last week Dr Simon Singh, a mathematician and author, gave the third Berkeley Lecture on ‘The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets’. Prof Stephen Buckley, head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of NUI Maynooth, heard Singh’s theory.

PACK in your job, kiss your spouse farewell, padlock the door and pre-book your post-addiction withdrawal counselling sessions.