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

Are you not supposed to do that either?
Do you think Charlie Manson's mum told him that it was important that he "just be himself"?

i somehow doubt that...

But it might explain everything, and then we can finally ban mothers from giving crap advice

my mother only gives me *good* advice

How unusual, I was just postulating a theory that being told to "be yourself" which mothers always invariably do tell you could be the cause of many of history's greatest crimes, and maybe the psychopathically inclined shouldn't be encouraged.

oh no, my mother always wanted me to be more like robert redford. far more sensible a plan, from her point of view...

So she wanted you to jump off high cliffs and set up scams with Paul Newman? Or offer Woody Harrelson loads of money to boink his Missus? Nice...
My Mum always told me to be "more like my brother" who's very sensible and successful.

and clever and boring eh?

sigh...she must have regretted telling you to be yourself...

hold on, let me guess, your dad is...a barrister and your parents home is full of floral sofas?

You're right about the sofa yeah, but he's an accountant, which is even worse, and she's a primary school teacher, I'm somewhat of a stereotype really you know...

accountant was choice number two for your dad, and i nearly said your mum was a teacher, but i was worried about over clicheifying you

It's marvellous being a little Middle-class kid from Surrey gone terribly wrong (like so many others) very predictable

thats a whole cliche unto itself you know...doesnt that worry you?

Not really, I think it's kinda funny really Cliches is as cliches each, and as Polly Styrene herself said I can't remember the lyric now but it's a damn good song anyway...

lol...i can just see you as del preston in 30 years time...with the same hair but grey and a leather waistcoat. tell me you dont already own one...

Nope, not a leather one anyway, I got given a suede one not long back, does that count?

do you wear clothes underneath it? i have a suede waistcoat, but only cos im public school cliche number 25: slightly foppish

Depends on the weather, if it's nice, then I'm far too rock 'n' Roll for a shirt under the waistcoat (though there may be a leather over it.

do you have a tattoo on your stomach?

if a ragged man said to you 'what year is this? whos the president?' would you just go 'uh, dude, its 1992 and were in, like, seattle, dude'?

would you do waynes world three if they asked?

No all my tattos are on my arms,
No cos I'm british, and I don't care who the president is, and have no idea what year it is ever.
Yes, yes I would, that'd be fun

fair enough. arm tattoos. i bet at least one is a flaming skull. im considering getting a little anchor done on my forearm, but im not sure how far a cynical ironic post modern joke can go before it just gets silly...

ok, if not seattle 92, maybe anywhere in america on tour with def leppard in 84...

it clearly would be fun. waybnes world 1 is a great film. 2 is the greaest ever sequel to a film. except empir strikes back...