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

Oh, of course they were good, just a bit incongruous.

And I ain't no boy.

You may be right, but I couldn't resist.

Mea culpa, lady Wolf.

JTG

Ahhhh, bless 'em.

I can relate about the crucification thing. My Samuel Clemens article was quite nearly destroyed by clumsy editing...but an emergency meeting with a sub-ed minimized the damage.

What kind of weapon did you threated them with?

I not only may be right, I am right. In fact, I'm always right.

Taking his (or her) alias into account, perhaps a slice of lemon wrapped around a rather large gold brick?

I simply calmly, rationally explained the situation. You can get quite far in life with good old-fashioned courtesy. Courtesy, yessir. And respect. Mutual respect. Courtesy and mutual respect are the keys. Courtesy, mutual respect, and a cattle prod. That's the way to do it.

By the way, I'm mostly a HIS.

Mostly?

"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

HIS?

Sure on the gender, confused with the language?

The language was the influence of Mark Twain creeping in again. He prefers to write out his character's conversation the way it sounds, rather than the grammatically correct way. That way, you can sort of hear the way the lines are being delivered. I've read way too much Twain for my own good.

Wah? Huh? Hmm. OK. I think I assumed that HIS was an abbreviation of something..... Highly Intelligent Spaniard, perhaps....

I could never get past Twain's ego myself. Talk about a soapbox king!

I can see what you're talking about, but if you read some of his autobiographical stuff, you realize his ego is all a front. In "Private History of a Campaign that Failed" he makes himself appear rather foolish. In "Roughing It," he repeatedly looks foolish. His autobiography is full of instances of his children and his cats getting the best of him.

Shall remember all of this next time I'm browsing a good book store.