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

Well, that wasn't the mermaid. Ha Ha!

Well, she could have borrowed some shoes, put them on her hands and done a handstand....

*Gwennie ducks incomming swipe from Mari-rae...*

*laughs* Now THAT would make a great circus act!
shazzPRME

am in total swirly brained daze drank bottle of 16 year old bushnmils malt head hurst can nt seee screen gooodnite allll

Maybe I should have started something a couple days ago.. might be asleep by now... *suddenly remembers unremembered things* Nah.. I think not.

*Gwennie thinks that fellow researchers may be needing some coffee when they wake up and puts a pot on the fire... Decides to lay back and have a snooze while it's all quiet and listens to the coffee bubbling...*

*Mari-rae, preferring tea, plugs in her 'Mrs. Tea', spooning Darjeeling into the basket. While waiting for the brewing of the coffee and the steeping of the tea, she and Gwennie fashion cups from coconut husks.*

By the way, how many wing-beats would it take a swallow coming from Africa to carry a coconut...

I have seen such a thing before, but I do not know the answer.
The footsteps grew closer to the dweller (does anyone know a name?) and it was clear that one set was different from the rest. This step had bells on it. My mermaid and I watched from a distance as a person in bright clothes came over to the unhappy dweller.
The other footsteps belonged to people we had seen before. They went into one of the caves, and came out carrying kegs.
We knew this to be a store for the great house.
The brightly clothed stranger with bells on was conversing loudly with the dweller, dancing, and singing.
We swam closer to hear what was being said, but it all seemed to be about lightbulbs. We did not understand.
*Pauses for a while, exhausted*
Can someone pass me some drink?

*Looks in Mari-rae's cool box*

What type of milk? There's semi-skimmed, skimmed, full cream, organic, goat's milk and soya...... It appears we're spoilt for choice.

Yum - that coffee smells nice! Would you like some with your milk?
How about a straw?

How come they never show coconut trees in all those African Wildlife documentaries?


'Nonnie
(Can we put some of those in brownies? )

If Mairi-rae has straws in the coolbox too, I would be very grateful. I was hoping for a martini, but anything else will do. I will continue with the story soon. Some of the audience seem to have fallen asleep. Is there anything in the coolbox to wake them faster than coffee?

*Gwennie gives malicious grin and produces a gheto blaster*

Let's see what music selection we have to wake 'em all up with....

Nonnie? Coconut brownies???

I've got some John Spencer Blues Explosion, if that doesn't wake them up nothing will

Pardon me for digressing............. Marie-rae was that an african or european swallow

...and why would it want to carry coconuts anyway??
shazzPRME

*Winks* Because it can?

*smiles*... as opposed to 'because it was there'
shazzPRME

*creeps in very shyly and tries not to be noticed, but wants to hear the rest of the story*

Just for my imaginations sake...was the Mermaid wearing coconuts or was she not? (I have a terrible hangover)

*brings serious coffee and painkillers. Offers to BBS*
*drinks small bottle of Lagavulin*

No coconuts BB!
As the mermaid and I swam closer to hear what was being said, the dweller suddnely spotted us. Leaping up with a cry of "I told you!!" we were helpless. Anyone seeing a mermaid was doomed, and so was she.
The brightly dressed entertainer could not believe the sight.
The dweller from the house ran into the crashing waves.
The mermaid and I were far too close to the shore.
Suddenly, a cry came from the storage cave.................