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

You forgot to say how pwetty they are but also how annoying they are when you have to wait 4 hours for it even to look vaguely as if it's going to bubble because you haven't used it for 6 months and so now all it does is make small green and turquiose wormy things which are just plain scary so you have to turn it off again and put a fibre optic lamp on instead thus lengthening the time it'll take to heat up next time therefore starting the perpetual cycle of non-use of lava lamp . . . and breath . . . not that I'm complaining of course because when I have a spare five hours I love to switch it on and watch the pretty globs move around
Btw, this is one of my first messages so feel honoured . . . or don't depending on your perspective

I feel honoured. Uhm.. but mine only takes about 20 minutes to become a mass of mobile globby delight, even after over a year of inactivity.


'Nonnie

I think mine may be sulking, my mates got a prettier one with sparkles and stuff in it too and it overheard me saying I wanted one instead. Now whenever I turn it on it takes hours to heat up and only manages wormy things before reaching 900 degrees and attempting to explode. I feel I may be doing something wrong

I've heard that you should change the wax once in a while. How old is your lamp? I think it's time to use the old saying "Consult your dealer"

Its only about a year old, and it's Mathmos so it should last for ages, I think technical appliances just hate me. My grans had hers since the first time round and whilst its now and interesting shade of brown it still works

Oooh.. Maybe it just needs some 'replacement therapy' ...

'Nonnie