Jason Soon links to a discussion on the Oz Libertarian website which reveals the hitherto little-known fact that I am an ‘idiot savant’ who can recite the entire works of Shakespeare . The problem is, people either go to sleep halfway through Timon of Athens or threaten violence to make me stop. Standard savant feats like telling you immediately that 7 March 1963 was a Thursday are no better. As I have a math background, people suspect that I am using some trick of modular arithmetic rather than relying on uncanny mental powers.

So I’m asking for suggestions for a more appropriate idiot savant trick. While we’re at it, how about suggesting similar tricks for other bloggers? Perhaps Jason could tell us what FA Hayek had for breakfast on any given day.