Those names are taken from Iain M. Banks’ Culture sci-fi series.

Really kind of you to spend $600 just for this cat, what a neighbor!

Idle Thumbs and Important If True feeds both sit fallow in my Overcast. I refuse to delete them in perhaps misguided hopes that one day a seedling will spring anew.

I never knew there was a distinction, thanks!

Applies to tires also, and for the same reason.