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

Morning Wilma. I hope lots of folks join the footinooti revolution. Is it okay with you if I mention it in the next Alabaser House Journal?

Wonder if Trin is going to use his own creation? (Is Trin a he?)

Go right ahead, Hypatia!

Yep, Trin's a he, a great he, as it happens I'll point him here...


W

Well, I was pretty sure he was. But I've mixed up too many genders on here to feel confident anymore.

Question for the great president - what is the Alabaster Journal?

Ignorant Wilma

Alabaster House is the h2g2 version of the White House. It is my presedintial digs here on Hootoo Island. It wasn't my invention. I inherited it from Peregrine, the first President. Offices and public rooms are on the ground floor and living quarters upstairs.

Oops. Alabaster House Journal is a column I write for . It comes out every other issue. The Vice President has a column that alternates with mine.

Ahhh and your Post Journal is the ... Alabaster Journal


clever me

simpost


By the way, Trin's hiding under his sofa at the moment. I'll just go see if I can drag him out...

*looks for another coffee flavoured drumstick*

Aha, got one. See you in a mo

Traveller in Time only adding a link to the post and then vanishing into thin air again
"Read < <./>ThePost?skin=alabaster</.> > "

Thanks TiT, I did that

W

Anyone seen any flants passing by this way? some exscaped and stole my fish, along with my hat that the fish was guarding for me...

Down the motorway, left at the first roundabout. You can just catch them if you move your footinooties.

Ooops, I got one!!

*pppzpzzzzt* flt *pppzpzzzzt*

*captures the fl carefully with flhandles*

*checks for ill-gotten 2leggy goods*

nope

not this'un, sorry, 2legs...

*let's angry fl go*



*pzzzzppspst*










sheeesh, a fl with attitude, tsk. WHat is the world coming to.

Off to the Forum with you!

*Sprays Flant'B'Gone*

I've read this page twice and am still none the wiser as to what it is about...

Hi Kelli!

Let me show you around...

Once up on a time there was a convo in Gosho's ps about the Forum and naughty behaviour with researchers jumping on each other ( no, NOT that kind of jumpimng on each other )

....

.... you still there?



Anyway, I dropped in and mentioned a rule I knew of for successful debating but people didn't like it because it did not present with a good enough acronym.


...

.... you still there?





So, where was I? Oh yez, the bad ack-ack.... the phrase was: Address the issue and not the Person

ATI&NTP

See what I mean?

.......

And what has this to do with google, or Leo Alpha?

Maybe I'm just easily confused today...

So in comes Trin on his white charger and rescues the day with a brilliant acronym:



FOOTINOOTI



and the detail is in the devil, as they say, which can be found here: A11634707


OK now?

Ahhhh, well while I was lurking I found Leo coming across said acronym that Hypati had in her tag and trying to google it and not finding it and getting mucho knickersinatwisty about it.... therefore the convo here (or part of it anyway, it drifted )