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

Hiya,
Kat, Thank you for your invitation
I, at last, have come here
Hope this thread will help me and I'll enjoy with you, all
Taamyu


by the way
You say "MAKE A LINE" or "FORM A LINE" at school.
Then how about "row"
like

Do you say Make a line shoulder to shoulder??? or are there any suit phrase?
Tahnk you

Yes it's make a line shoulder to shoulder.

You tend to make a row...not form it. I'm not sure why yet though.

And it's "suitable", not suit

And...just because then I can boast in safety...I got made a scout today!!! Whoo go me!

I would say it's 'Form a line, shoulder to shoulder' if you were instructing people. 'Form' tends to mean more to do with a human action involving multiple humans (No, i don't think that makes sense either, but I'm very tired...)

Cat

A scout ? RL or hootoo`? Anyway, my congratulations

You think I would be a RL scout?? Wait until you know me better and you will realise that that is almost physically impossible.

I think with the form/make a line it might depend on who you were talking to.

For example.

If I was talking to children I would say "make a line please".
If I was talking to adults I would say "If you could all form a line please".

Forming a line does sound more "proper" but it really depends what situation you're in. If I was talking to you lot, I would say

"Right if you all make a line along this piece of string here please"

But if I was talking to my teachers in a weird role-reversal

"Could you form a line along this piece of string please"

I think it entirely depends on who you are talking to, but either could be used in any situation.

I've read your PS, can't find any reason why you shouldn't be a scout in RL

Right, if we could all make a line now around Katkat’s leg!

Katkat, by the way: what’s happened to the purple thread sticking out of your knee? Is it gone?

The purple thread!!! Oh the story of the purple thread! Well, the nurse pulled it and a knot emerged! So she cut the knot but couldn't pull anymore out. After a while she started pulling skin out instead so we decided to leave it alone. Then...a week later, the skin had grown over the remaining thread! So it has vanished into the depths of my leg again.

Oh and B'elana, I wouldn't be a RL scout, partly due to my leg, and partly due to the fact that I leave the house once a fortnight. Suffering from bipolar disorder does WONDERS for your social life

Oh and katkodl...you'd want to form a RING round my leg . A line has a beginning and an end.

___________________ line

__
/ \__/ ring

*proud of pictures*

*GASP* except it didnt work!!! WHY!??? Oh!!! *runs off wailing*

Ok, I had no idea,I had to google to find out
And what happened to your leg, did you have a complicated fracture ?

What did you have to google?

I broke my leg in three places in a sort of triangle shape, so that a triangle of bone came through my skin. So yes you could say it was complicated...I think it's called a compound fracture. Then after that I got compartments syndrome in my leg. This means that the muscles in my leg seized up and no oxygen was getting through. This of course, is BAD NEWS because my leg started dying. So they had to cut through all the muscle to release the seizure. THEN they had to put a skin graft over the top of it.
Sorry hope you weren't eating whilst reading that

No, I'm hardly ever eating, so that's ok. I hope you're on the mend now ?

*makes a line in the shape of a triangle around Katkat*
So the thread is still in your leg?

Yup there's still a large amount of thread wandering around in my leg.

"I hardly ever eat" might be better. "I'm hardly ever eating when...." but "I hardly ever eat" if you're talking in general...and why not???!!! eating is important!

I know, but I tend not to eat, I don't like eating much, just do it to stay alive

Sigh. People should enjoy eating! It's a simple pleasure and one that I try to have as often as possible. Having said that there are weeks where I don't eat but we don't talk about those.

What did you have to google? Im getting interested!

I looked up 'bipolar disorder', the first time you mentioned it, I had the impression it was a mathematical term ( don't ask me why, though ), but that didn't seem to fit anymore when you mntioned it again

My thought when I read that;

P1: I have bipolar disrder
P2: Oh really, that's so sad, you can't count





No offence...


I'm a real life Scout!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! (and I think my life kinda revolves around it...)

Cat

When Katkat told me that she’s bipolar I thought this means that she’s bisexual!
Well, that's an estimated half year ago and since then I've heard the term several times on Austrian TV. The expression "bipolar" seems to make a career now in Austria as well!

katkodl