Posted: 8^th March 2007

Let's raise a glass...

After many years and many issues, The Post has finally hit its 300th. Huzzah! And may there be many more to come! Thanks to all who submitted copy to this very special edition (though to the fact that we had no entrants in our graphic competition!). We've got a not-half-bad issue for you this week in celebration, too, including celebratory verse and a song lyrics quiz, so read on, read on.

It didn't quite make it into last issue, but we'd like to extend our warmest congratulations to EV and fords, long-time h2g2 Researchers, on the birth of their daughter Jennifer Grace!

And in the realm of announcements, Skankyrich told me I'm to advertise the Devon Meet that's taking place from 30 March to 1 April. Visit the page to see what events are in store and add your name to the list.

Final announcement: EMR has a website! It's a literary magazine for teenagers called Worthless Drivel, so if you're between the ages of 13 and 19 and you've got some writing or art, or you'd just like to check out other teenagers' creative expression, stop on by!

Working on an average of 20 written articles per issue, The Post has published at least 6,000 articles since its inception - although I suspect that the actual number is nearer 7,000 taking into account some of the bigger editions from earlier times (or today - with 33 separate items!) and the multi-linked items such as poetry competitions, special Hallowe'en/Christmas editions etc. Add to this a further 1200+ cartoons, all the Post graphics, the many personal photographs featured, the Announcements and Classified Ads, the Club Pages and the extensive archives and you can safely say that we certainly make full use of the web space provided by h2g2. We hope that you, our faithful readers, have found something to enjoy in this hive of industry and that our contributors will continue to provide us with high quality writings and cartoons - at least for the next 300 issues.

A Happy Anniversary to h2g2 also as it is 29 years ago to this very day that the first part of the radio series was broadcast to an unsuspecting nation. Little did we know back then how it would affect our lives.

The next edition will be out on March 22nd so any copy should reach us by midnight GMT on Sunday, March 18th

Please do enjoy this, the 300th edition of The Post!

echomikeromeo
and

ShazzPRME

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'The 300th Edition of The Post' by lil

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'Further Adventures in B'Elana's Journal' by Fizzymouse, lil and B'Elana

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


An untitled poem by jjcard

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'Harry' by Scorpio_witch

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'Winter Season' by The Blue-eyed Bipedal Bookworm from Betelgeuse

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'Deep in a Dark Primordial Sea' by Captain Slogg

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


'In Retrospect' by Len Baynes

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  An African Adventure
  


Epilogue - the adventure draws to a close

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  An Idyll Too Far
  


Chapter 21 - To England's Green and Pleasant Land

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  Mistaken Identity
  


Chapter Three

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  h2g2 Storytime III
  


Chapter XIII

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  h2g2 Storytime III
  


Chapter XIV

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  The Caped Confuzzler
  


Part 11 - Confuzzle For Sale

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  On the Subject of Pie
  


Episode Twelve

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  The Tale of Three Weapons
  


Chapter Eight - The Discovery

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  Platypus Dancing
  


Meanwhile, on the edge of photo realistic fantasy

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  Platypus Dancing
  


Meanwhile, on the razor edge of irony

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  Cartoon Corner
  


'Bush World View' by LeRue

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  Smudger Snippets
  


The Cooker

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  Escape Pod Dreams
  


The Blank Issue

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  First Solo Entries
  


First-time authors get their kudos

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  Websailor's Wacky Wildlife World
  


The Elephant Never Forgets

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  SEx Education
  


The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom

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  Random Ramblings
  


Births, Birthdays and Edited Entries

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  The End of Geography
  


Geggs evaluates the erosion of a discipline

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  Our First Car
  


A tale of early driving misshaps

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  How Hard Can It Be?
  


Ben regales us with tales of his nose operation

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  Pride
  


LeRue waxes patriotic

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  50 States Lyrics Quiz
  


tjm offers up a killer quiz

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  York Mini-Meet
  


Elentari recorded the proceedings...

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  A Yank Searches for a House in 'Brum
  


Part 3: Do You Believe in Fate?

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  The Post Wordsearch
  


The Post 300

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  Announcements
  


Meets, sites, events etc

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  The Language Thing
  


Translations and Help

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  Classified Ads
  


Advertise your club here

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  The Post Page of Links
  


Links to all places h2g2 related