Onstage, I’m thinking about the ­postman who was so overwhelmed by the amount of mail he had to deliver that he threw it all, and then himself, into the sea. 

In September 2006, the World Chess Championship devolved into a debate about bathrooms. One champion, Veselin Topalov, accused the other, Vladimir Kramnik, of excessive urination, hinting that Kramnik was retreating to the unmonitored bathroom to r…