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

Especially when you've been stuck in it for as long as Fish's sister.

Presumably Fish's sister is also a fish (?), in which case isn't she in a bowl, not a box?

Not necessarily she might not have had swimming lessons yet?

You know? I've *always* been suspicious about the fact that fish can just swim, wondering how exactly it is that they learn. All now becomes clear.

Well clearly they have some tuition... have you never seen a fish in fin bands?

I always thought it was a bad thing (for the fish) to be floating on top of the water...

Nope thats how they don't drown when they first learn to swim... I mean if you taught them to swim underwater as soon as they were born it'd be too complex...

Ah... Err... I, err, I see...

*wanders off looking deeply perplexed*

Well if you were taught to walk underwater it'd take a lot longer than if you were taught above ground wouldn't it?

*wanders back, still perplexed*

If I had been taught to walk underwater, I think that would mean someone had got confused somewhere along the line. Were you taught to swim above water at some point? That would be quite an impressive trick though. *imagines a Christmas fairy levitating over a swimming pool*

*wanders off again, bemused, and still perplexed*

*hovers over a *
See... and yes it's called diving

No, thats just the landing bit.

I've seen people attack a with vigour before, but never literally diving into one!

*attempts yogic levitation*

*fails miserably*

*grins*
See thats because you weren't taught to walk above water before you were taught to swim...
*looks confused*
or something...

I think I know what the problem is: I've seen Wyle E. Cyote, the true hero of the Roadrunner cartoons. Whenever he walks over something improbable like water or the space just past a cliff edge, he always holds up a sign saying "What am I doing?" and a couple of seconds before plummetting.

I'm clearly missing one of these signs as I go through life.

Use a metaphorical sign, I find they're much easier to carry when running up the side of buildings...

You've done it again! I'm perplexed!

*grins*
Me create confusion? Never!