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

...rest of column is very interesting. Laughing rats? Well I never did.

Pabiabuercuposeewhaiasedof
- Pat bit a buttercup to see what it tasted of
(or possibly Pa did, knowing Ms Blyton)

Unasylisthhadthatwarsacrown
- Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

Myitofruerisroken
- My bit of rubber is broken

Duksanquakbutan'takle
- Ducks can quack cbut can't cackle

Thegraioftoiton

I can't get this one

David

Hi David.

Oop*!

My mi*take - I didn't *pot that one letter wa* mi**ed out in Terri'* *ubmi**ion. It i* corrected now.

*hazz

Thank* for the hint

The grass is [indeed] soft to sit on

And to think I was wondering how to make sense of a sentence that included the words 'grail and 'loft'

David

My pleasure

shazz

*idle* pa*t to *ee ju*t *ome of the *illy *od* who *eem to *eek plea*ure in *uch *tuff!

Once again, David wins!!

*hazz, since you cheated somewhat, you win the booby prize; it's now YOUR turn to dream up one of these & see if I can manage it!!

--Don't even DREAM of going Dutch on me!!!

Terri.

You didn't spot that there was a missing letter shazz? There again, as you're learning Dutch I imagine the phrases made perfect sense to you as presented. Personally I'm only glad that David's prompt answers make it unnecessary to embarrass myself by partaking.

Actually I sent the full answer through to Terri within about 5 minutes of her sending the article through - I just can't resist word games.

If it had been all vowels missing, then I may have had problems indeed, seeing as I am now inclined to see double or treble ones everywhere!

shaazz (!)

Hi Shazz, yes, & you got it right first time too, most impressive!

Be careful, Yoda may be in charge of dreaming up the next one, vowel problems are her speciality!

---actually, seriously, unless I get it together to do a H.O.T well in advance, next weeks may not appear, since I am attending an Editorial Policy meeting in London with a certain h2g2 cartoonist, who shall of course remain nameless....

--unless he fancies spending the weekend working on H.O.T? Doubt it somehow!



Teriiiii