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

Entry: Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, USA - A1084466
Author: Jodan - Mining 42 - Always late... to congratulate - U201497

There's a story behind everything in this entry...

This was inspired by 'Wonderful Rivers' and Jimi X.

Here goes:

"in lage part by dynamite"?

"Today, the only recognizable legacy left by these towns is a small tunnel off the main channel of the lake whose major purpose is to indicate the relative water level of the lake."

I don't understand either how this tunnel is a legacy or how it indicates relative water level. relative to what?

Is the Flood Act federal or state?

"On the larger marinas, Burnside and Jamestown are places for food and large souvenier shops."

Are Burnside and Jamestown stores at marinas? Or are they towns which are dwarfed by the marinas next to them? I usually think of Marinas as being located at towns or cities, rather than towns being located at marinas. Maybe I'm provincial.

Oh! Do you mean to have a comma after "Jamestown" in that last bit?

"begs the obvious question" http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/begs.html

" an enterance into Mammoth Cave." I'm entranced by your spelling.

I'll get to your Conley Bottom later.

The tunnel was one of the highest parts of the old towns, used for riding horses around. The only thing you can tell was from the old towns is this tunnel. It shows the water level relative to itself. It's pretty much the only thing on the lake that doesn't move with the water level or look exactly the same. I'll make it clear

Federal act

>>Are Burnside and Jamestown stores at marinas? Or are they towns which are dwarfed by the marinas next to them? I usually think of Marinas as being located at towns or cities, rather than towns being located at marinas. Maybe I'm provincial.

They're just big marinas. Jamestown Marina is more of a resort really, but it's a marina. Trust me, I've been to both. Burnside is completely on water.

Do you see what I mean about needing a comma after Burnside and Jamestown? I think that's what you mean.

I don't see what you mean

Should it read "On the larger marinas, Burnside and Jamestown, are places for food and large souvenier shops"?

Whaddaya mean?

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. The way you had it meant that Burnside and Jamestown are places for food, etc. that happen to be located on the larger marinas, not that Burnside and Jamestown actually are the larger marinas. For example, "For Elizabeth, the Queen is a banquet enjoyed" mean's something different from "For Elizabeth, the Queen, is a banquet enjoyed."

>>The way you had it meant that Burnside and Jamestown are places for food, etc. that happen to be located on the larger marinas, not that Burnside and Jamestown actually are the larger marinas.

Perhaps I should just rephrase it as- 'The two larger marinas, Burnside and Jamestown have several shops on them. There is a food shop, a souvenier shop and a fishing supply shop.'

Which is completely accurate

Just put the bleeding comma in! In your new phrasing you still need it: "The two larger marinas, Burnside and Jamestown, have several shops on them."

You are placing something in apposition to the subject as originally stated; it needs to be set off by commas: "Anhaga, the grammarian, beat Jodan, the author, about the head, a cranial thickness, with a blunt instrument, a leaden pipe."

Uhh, that's troubling. Okay I'll put it in

The sentence really was just fine except that it needed that comma. I really was confused when I first read it: I didn't know that Jamestown and whatever-the-he&*-the-other-thing-is-called were the largest marinas. I read it like "on the two sides of the lake, Jamestown and bleepville offer all sorts of stuff." It became clear that the marinas were Jamestown and Butternut City as I read on, but the initial sentence was confusing. Oh, I'm just going to shut up.



and I still haven't gotten to your Soggy Bottom.

Conley Bottom? That's my favorite marina. Great fish sandwiches

Probably has the most writing problems, eh?

Sorry, fell asleep. I don't know if I'll get to the rest tonight.

No problem. I'm going to sleep now anyway

"The creek is very narrow and so
gives home to a specific large bird of the lake. This marina probably has the least amount of houseboats, but of
corse still has some."

of corse, u shuld probubly menshion wut the larj burd is.

"at one of the only dead ends of a lake that doesn't have a marina in it "

a lake? which lake? what do you mean?

the bridges: Do the bridges actually cross the Lake? or do they cross the streams flowing into the lake? This bit is a little confusing.

"crappies" (funny name)

The closing is a little weak.

What should I have as an ending?

Crappies? Yes I know, I had to check that they existed

Will fix

Ooh, and the burd, I don't know which bird it is, but I know it's important

I don't know how to end it, but you've been talking about houseboats for the whole thing and then "finally, houseboats"? and then it's just a little blurb about where you can by a houseboat. maybe it should be "finally, the bird."

Okay, do you want a conclusion? It wouldn't exactly fit the kind of entry this is

it's so sad how big important jodan's entry gets tons of attention and poor little andu's gets none.....

*sob*






only joking

perhaps you should include the fact that is incredibly boring.

I can't that's an opinion and it would be taken out. But I do agree

Anhaga? That's not attention! We always clown about our PR threads. It's our nature