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

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I totally agree, although perhaps I would have said it in a slightly differnt way

I think the whole purpose of this article was to show just how easy it would be for a man like bin Laden to destroy an entire city. It's almost scary

I suspect if it was that easy, it would have been done by now.

I once held a Critical Nuclear Weapons Desgin Information endoresement to my Top Secret Clearance. I've seen plans for the things. Some of them, are not that hard to make. Some of them are much easier to make than is described here.

Yet something has kept terroists from employing them.

I suspect that getting enough weapons grade material is too difficult or expenseive to make it practicle.

Hmm, the whole question of whether its that easy could spark off a long debate... Is it just because its difficult/expensive to find materials (lets face it, you and I would have difficulty just walking up to any employee of a Russian Nuclear facility and offering him large quantities of cash for plutonium) or is it more along the lines of - why bother when you can hijack an airliner? As long as other forms of terrorism are easier I reckon we'll be pretty safe from this one.


(By the way - interesting subject line

To all those subscribed to this thread who've just seen the uncensored version of the subject line appear on their home page - I've just reported this as a bug

I like it, its a good addition to any homepage. i can see a new h2g2 tradtion emerging, the 'f**k this' thread.

(One of my friends went to the Countryside Alliance counter demo wearing a 'f**khunting' T-shirt. To me it brought to mind a determined person on the pull on a Saturday nite, not a fluffy animal rights activist).

Further to PurpleJenny's comments regarding her frined's t-shirt, I think that the subject that started this thread could also be used to describe the tactics taken on by some of my gender on a Saturday night in any town in the country.

I'll make a point of apologising on behalf of these poor misguided fools, to any ladies who are the receiving end of any amount of slobbering and poorly constructed chat up lines over the weekend.

*giggle*

I know exactly wot u mean, I grew up in Wigan. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A500365

F**k hunters and f**k terrorists on a Fiday nite...

and to drift the topic yet again, I've a rather fine t-shirt that says

"F**k Censorship"

except the 'U' and the 'K' aren't starred out, but the 'SOR' is

f**k cen***ship? I don't geddit?

Irony darling, irony

irony? Like silverly and bronzey only less so?

I was hoping for a pun of some kind

f**k that.

Nice one Jenny. That has got be the new saying of the moment. Picture this:

Two young ladies, sitting quietly in a bar. A young man, inebriated beyond the point of sensible conversation and all morals long gone approaches their table...

Young man: "Hello ladies, either of you fancy a drink?"
Young lady 1: "No thanks, we're alright ta."
Young man: "That's a shame beautiful, your mates got a lovely dress on, but it'd look better on my bedroom floor. hahah bleeurgh (dissolves in drunken rambling)...exits stage left.
Young lady 2: "God, I hate f**k hunters!"
Young lady 1: "Yeah, f**k terrorists too!"

I can almost hear it happening, across the country

Where does the law stand on having the word 'f**k' on one's t-shirt?

People have been done for it. It all depends how bad a day plod has had when s/he/it sees you wearing it.

there was a band who had t-shirt that said

JESUS WAS A C**T

(no stars)

I heard an American fan spent a few days in jail for wearing one...

That'll probably be in one of those states that destroyed certain rock groups albums coz they thought rock and roll was the devil's music...

Ahh, America, land of the free

So there, we have figured it out, go back to bed America, your government has figured out how it all transpires.

[The Kennedy Assasination] Go back to bed America, your government is in control again. [From dark smoke-filled rooms] Here, here's American Gladiators. [Here's Reality TV] Watch this, shut up. [Don't think Don't think] Go back to bed America, here's American Gladiators. Here's 56 channels of it. Watch these pituitary retards bang their f**kin skulls together and congratulate you on living in the land of freedom. Here you go America, you are free... to do as we tell you. You are free, to do as we tell you. You are free, to do as we tell you."

*missing BillHicks right now. *

I'm sure you can't get done for wearing swear words on your tshirt in the UK. Not sure about that rock star's tshirt Purplejenny was talking about, but I have one that has a print of Jesus spreading his hands and says in big bold capitals over the top;

JESUS LOVES YOU

then underneath (in much smaller lettering);

...but everyone else thinks you're a c**t...

What's the difference between irony and sarcasm?

Good article. Can't affort the uranimum though...