BILL BRYSON

“Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we all have experienced. Tune your television to any channel it doesn’t receive, and about 1 % of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang.* The next time you complain that there is nothing on, remember that you can always watch the birth of the universe.”

* As I transcribed this paragraph, I typed the phrase “Big Bang,” first as “Big Bag” and then, “Bing Bang.” Why do I find that so terribly funny?