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

Er... I can't remember.

I'm still Minister for Hugging Females, unless there's been a cabinet reshuffle that I wasn't aware of. I'm also Muse of Anagrams, although that's probably not very helpful.

Mouse mag far, san?

*Sips and follows conversation with slightly worried frown. Hands EV a .*

*sips and sits back to watch the fun*

*holds onto the for grim death*

*watches EV's with green-eyed envy...he lost his watching "Empire Strikes Back" at the cinema...*

*flicks daSilva with the *

Now THAT'S kinky

Is it?
*looks mildly alarmed*

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it, just that it was kinky is all

an online ceremony eh? I remeber the last time that was thought about...

You do?

I conducted one, ooh, about 8 years ago...

I didn't know you were a conductor, dS.

Orchestra or bus?

Online wedding ceremony but not only that, the following summer I had the pleasure of leading a marching band...


God, the things I did for Black Sabbath's first manager...

That's a statement which begs an inquisitive look and a gesture of encouragement to carry on with the story.

*looks inquisitive and gestures encouragement to carry on with the story*

Well, a certain researcher who I shall not reveal to be me *blast!* during his summer vacations from various Universities in a number of cities in the UK was found wanting and, rather than become a till jock in the local Woolies I hitched up for 2 weeks each July, for no remuneration, no glory, 18 hour shifts (ok, about 5 hours a day of that after 11pm was spent drinking with musicians - say no more), many, many tasks all under the heading of 'general dogsbody' though one year it included guiding a marching band around Merrye Olde Boer-ming-ham city centre which provided me with perhaps my most effective chat up line ever (go on, ask me, you know you want to!) in what was known as the Birmingham International Jazz Festival...

...anyway, Black Sabb.(or Earth, or any of the other names they were known under that week - see elsewhere in The Guide), initially a Blues outfit were under the influence of one 'Jim' Simpson in the early days (and early records) - now to be found as the director of aforementioned Festivale du Jazz.

*nods and looks knowledgeable*

So...... what was the chat-up line?

I _knew_ you'd ask me that Vibes! So here, for you in it's entirety and not almost exactly completely in totality is what it is and notwithstanding for you in that as I have already said *ahems - bad Prescott impression*

"Have you seen a marching band pass this way?"

You see - the first day someone else was at the head, I had to go back to base and get another several hundred weight of leaflets to hand out as we went round...and needless to say I couldn't find them when I returned to the route...so I had to ask *lol* There was one lovely little blonde handing out leaflets for someone else who seemed impressed by hearing someting original - anyway, needless to say I found the band in a pub (should have guessed, huh?)...

...you don't want to know what happened the next day when she saw me WITh said band

BTW: I'm not sure what effect use of this line will have out of context, therefore cannot be held responsible for anything that may or may not happen should you choose to use it yourselves

Hmmmmmm.
*scribbles "Have you seen a marching band pass this way?" on a scrap of paper*
I'll keep it in mind.