h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm sure Icy North has been listening to my internal jukebox - I've had that song in me head for days

I don't know whether this scans properly, but:

The dolphins upped and left us, the fish population grows,
It's a shame the Vogons have a plan that nobody here knows,
But now it's time to form a plan and try and save some face,
Time to launch a rocket into space.

Sounds good to me! I love that last line.

Try to avoid the wormholes on your interstellar trip
The Vogons may have booby trapped them with some cheesy bait
They do their best to catch the pan dimensionally mice
It is both appalling and not nice

Star-trekking cross the universe
On the Starship Enterprise, under Captain Kirk.

We come in peace, Shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill.
We come in peace, Shoot to kill, shoot to kill, Jim!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

do you mean this one Paul ?

Yes, that's the one!

I love it!

glad to be of help

Okay, but those of you who didn't write verse, write one...deadline looming...

Then you can go back to talking about whatever it is you'd rather talk about.

I can do more than write verse, Dmitri. I can also write tunes. Are We supposed to be writing whole songs, or choosing well-known tunes and fitting them with silly lyrics?

Either write another verse for this one - see original post for the subject - or, if you like, write another parody and we'll include that in a future issue of .

But make it a parody, please. We aren't outfitted for original music, so we're using existing, well-known tunes. Besides, that's really what filk is all about.

My best parody takes the tune of Mel Torme's "Christmas Song" and twists the words somewhat.

Sleigh bells roasting on an open fire.
Jack Daniels nipping at your nose.
Yuletide carols being sung flat by a choir,
And folks who eat like eskimoes.....