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

Imagine my thrill to wake up this morning and discover that article who's forum I'd posted in once or twice had been submitted and subedited, and now nesteled itself at the top of my list of written articles!

~Irving

I was pretty impressed, also.

Especially since I can't remember contributing *any* of the above excuses

26199

Now that is odd... I can't remember which one I added... I think it was for being early, though.

I remember. I added the room mate one.

Just think how surprised I was at being credited - I added the Woody Allen quote, "Sorry I'm late - my wombat has herpes", which is nowhere to be seen in the actual article...?

Oh well

Sorry I only just noticed this... I listed all the people who contributed without saying who contributed what..... then the editor got to choose what stayed and what went.

You mean, they edited out my

'A failed attempt to circumvent the nature of space-time led the to spontaneous combustion of my alarm-clock'?!

That was original, that...

Some people, no sense of humour, eh?

26199 (who made it up on the spot, and knew he'd regret it later)

Sorry, they did. I liked that one, too, I could see myself using it to my physics tutor

*grin*

26199

Now I need an excuse for why I'm listed but my excuse didn't make the final cut . Still, as none of the excuses are directly attributed I might just sit back and bask in reflected glory .

good idea. I'm so happy!

Poor BS.

Don't shout it out too loud your glory might be whipped away from you.

No worries DD I'm just happy for Joanna, two articles in one day. Have you read the one about labs? I think it's pretty good.

Not in it's final form I read the original though.

I'm a little late to bask in the glory, but I will anyways.
This is sooooo neat. I didn't actually think the little story I related in the forum would get me on the entry listing... nifty

Just one of the many cool things about h2g2, I s'pose

26199

When i was about 16 i worked for a racehorse trainer in nottinghamshire, and also lived pretty close to the stable yard with another young lad who worked there, as i assisted with the horses morning feed i got up and went to work a little earlier than 'chris', when he did finnally turn up at 9:30 (we started at 8) he said to the head lad 'sorry i'm late shaun it was foggy and i left my window open all night, so the fog came in my room and i couldnt see my clock'. shocking.