“In 1961, Leonid Rogozov, 27, was the only surgeon in the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. During the expedition, he felt severe pain in the stomach and had a high fever. Rogozov examined himself and discovered that his appendix was inflamed and could burst at any time. With a local anesthesia, he operated himself to remove the appendix. An engineer and a meteorologist assisted surgery.” The next time you encounter someone who thinks they’re, as we Britons say, ‘The Dogs Bollocks’ (or, if you’re not British, ‘someone who thinks they’re brilliant but who clearly isn’t, like Ricky Gervais’), show them this, then invite them to. very politely, to shut the gigafuck up.