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

A small sidestep on the subject of god.
The BABEl Fish;
it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the nonexistence of God.
"The argument goes something like this: 'I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God,'for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.'
"but,' says Man,'the Babel Fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
"'Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

I don't think it's very nice to lift things from other people's books.
But that might just be me.

But I thought God was Bob and Bob will always exist.

Well that sums it all up then doesn't it. What I don't get is why he didn't land some of those babble fish on Earth, I'm really sick of learnin' French! I mean you'd think he's smart enough (him being almighty an' all) to see the problems us people are having with this. Then again couldn't we just import a few (it's make life a lot easier for me and plenty of others).

Yes I do exist, for I am Bob, and Bob is God. As to the Babel fish, and not the babble? fish, it's all a big joke really!

I have to _completely_ agree with you there.
Will someone import a babel fish for me, cuz I almost _completely_ failed my mock-just-before-the-GCSE today in Espanol, and AAARRRGGGHHHH!
I can't do anything aobut it till I get a babel fish.
They look like this:
]'>{
They're not very hard to find, or so I'm told, or so I _imagine_ I'm told.

Argh! GCSE... the flash backs... noooonooonoooo! Languages... Arrrrgh.

Hint- when doing GCSE's in french, hedge your bets with the accents and put a slightly curved line over the acented letter. it could be grave, it could be accute, it could be that little ^ thing, on the other hand they may just assume it is wrong, but that leaves a 50% chance of corectness, where as just guessing gives 33%.

,there ya go thats the one, quick someone catch it!!!

I'm with you Mish. A quick look at who wrote the original article will indicate that he can hardly be accused of plagiarism in this case - everyone else should avoid the trap.

Did you know that three different people (the last time I counted) had typed in the whole Towel piece verbatim? Don't they think he might already have a floppy with it on? Oh well, I guess it keeps them busy.

Altavista provides a translation service under the name babel, so you can in fact read information from other countries.

...specifically, babelfish.altavista.com - what was this thread's stance on plagarism, again...?

Got any hints for German GCSEs? Or English? Or anything???!
Help!

God cannot be Bob. I'm Bob and I'm (unfortunately) not God (except on particularly drunken nights).

Bob

PS you do get Babel fish on earth. Here's mine .