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

Entry: How To Wear Water Around Your Neck... - A1141075
Author: 'loup.dargent' Ace and Knight of the Francophiles [Visit the h2g2/Lders Space @ U201567] - U200238

Greetings lovely AWW people...

This entry should not be taken too seriously even so there is some important information in it somewhere...


Oh and it is my first time submitting an entry etc... etc...


Nahhh... Do your worst... I know it will be for my own good...


loup

Hmmmm...

Just in case someone has read the entry earlier, I have changed a few things around...

It now looks neater...

loup

A novel idea, Loup, and nicely written.

The recycled stale smoke one made me screw my face up in distaste, but other than that why not? You could take the idea further and make entire coats with a double lining to be filled with water - you could heat them in winter and refrigerate them in summer - there's a fortune to be made!

sprout

sprout...

Yep, smoking recycled stale smoke does go a step further than smoking dog ends or even dog ends' dog ends, doesn't it?!...


>You could take the idea further and make entire coats with a double lining to be filled with water<

Do I see an idea for a potential collaborative "How to..." entry there?!...

[ Now you got me started...
I've got the title ready and know what theme to use for that entry...
Expect a call from me as soon as it's in a presentable form...]

Thanks for the feedback...

loup

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Hmmmmm.... I do hope that the next entry I submit will attract a bit more traffic...

Perhaps I should have put Alcohol instead of Water in the title...



loup

This seems factual, or am I missing something? Why not brave peer review with it?

If we're going to go out in hot weather we freeze a plastic bottle of squash to take with us.

N

Nope, it's not _really_ factual...
[Apart, of course, the content of the links I've provided...]
It only looks like a factual entry...

And I'm definitely not brave enough to submit an entry "advising" on vampires slaying to the Peer Review...



loup

I definitely take posting #6 as a compliment by the way...

I'm thinking of adding a discreet disclaimer regarding the content of the second paragraph...
It would have to be right at the end, so that the cat is not out of the bag too soon, obviously...

At the same time, it has to be stressed that the info provided in the links are serious [especially the danger/risks of hot weather and smoking] though...

Any hint on how to word that one?!...

loup

Doh!!!! I meant the content after the part titled "The problem"... _Not_ the second paragraph...

Because I'm working on the next entry, I've already forgotten what I wrote in this one...

Anyway, the idea is still the same: a discret disclaimer etc..

loup

well it's perfectly plausible till you get to 'alternative uses' and the serious tone is well sustained. No, I suppose they wouldn't look too favourably on it in PR, but I think it's perfectly 'factual' - factual doesn't have to be the same as sensible!

Oh, except for the bit about smoke, stale smoke is so very not nice. Eurgh.

I think it works as it is. If people want to try it out they probably couldn't hurt themselves too much.

N

Plus I made a point of warning those who want to try smoking stale smoke with a footnote _and_ a link on tobbaco smoke...

So that's one disclaimer _already_...

I see what you mean by "factual" now...

Yep, I did try to keep a serious tone to the end... It was not always easy though...

The advice regarding not putting the necklace in the freezer _while_ wearing it made it a bit difficult to carry on that way...
But then again, people do stupid things at times, so it was as good an advice as any...

Anyway, I'm glad to see that my make-believe skills are not too rusty after all...

for the feedback...

loup

Oh that warning is not too far fetched. Warning on a korean knife: keep out of children.

Honestly.
N

"How to use this electrical toaster:
1) Plug it in... 2) Put the slices of bread in the toaster..."

I seem to remember something on Hootoo where these kind of advices were collected [not sure if that space is still active unfortunately]...

Some of the advices [like the one for the knife] are there as a way for the manufacturers of covering their backs just in case... But it does makes one wonder...

loup

I think the one on the knife was probably more likely to be 'keep out of reach of childred' but something got lost in the translation process somewhere.

Or, indeed, children...

It's curious how the mind can play tricks on us at times... I actually based my comment on the assumption that the warning was: "keep out of reach from children" even so there was a bit missing...

Anyway, Cyzaki... what do you think of the entry?!...

loup

I thought it was good

Glad you did think that...

So far so good...

It's certainly going better than I expected/feared when I submitted that entry...

Talk soon...

loup

Err... I don't want to sound pushy or anything [] but, what's the next step?!...

loup

Waiting until it gets mined.. patience my man patience (or even spelt correctly)

I do like this, and I can't really think of any thing to add to it, so Exccccccceelllent, as Mr Burns would say..