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

The Rainbow nation! home of Madiba himself - South Africa - honestly I'm a Welsh-Canadian-Brittish-SouthAfrican (and I think there's Dutch and norwegian in there too but hey, who's counting . But after my pilgrimage to the lands of my genetic history - I can truly say that I'm African to the bone!

Strange that - maybe its the history of segregation - also the whole colonisation age - but saying you're a South African really doesn't mean terribly much . . . We really dont have a cohesive cultural identity as a nation . . . . I guess in that way we're a bit like the US (with a vatly different outlook on the world).

Hey! I gues that makes me an Anglo-African mut! I like that! Muts of the world unite!



Kosh

Yay! Another mutt!

Well, I'm proud to be an American, and you should be proud to be a South African as well! We both share homes with people who fought for freedom.

[Mog] Not to mention who, at a later time, fought in a completely POINTL-- oh, wait, you said SOUTH African. Never mind. Iraq's further north than that.

Despite the red hair, not a lick of Irish in me. Welsh, Scots, English and German. Not that that really matters, I suppose, since I live in the vast cultural wasteland that is California.

(ltp)
angl/irish/sardinian/suffolkian/nofolkian mutt.

Celtic - with a bit of Pict - and possibly some Norse - in other words, a teuchter.

IIEM - something soporific please

English. Eccentric English, but there has been little if any intercountry mingling of my families DNA in recent generations. I prefer being eccentric though.

Grrr. You're all too interesting. Well from now onwards I am no longer attatched to any country. I have no nationality. I come from No-mans land.

Interesting is certainly the word!

What drinks are soporofic? Not that I'm giving up tea of course.

[Mog] Well, there's always Sleepytime Tea from Celestial Seasonings ... that way, you won't have to give up tea! It's American, though ... and spooned if I know where to buy it.

Any kind of herbal tea will do! My personal favorite is chamomile- I love the way it smells!

A Brit Mutt, Welsh, Irish, English and Yorkshire!

I can say I have the true Celtic colouring, light brown hair and green eyes. The Celts orginated in what is now Germany, it's believed.

However, I can't remember when my hair was light brown last, .

I have relatives all over the World, on the Welsh and Yorkshire sides of the family. It is just shiny brilliant that email makes it so easy to stay in touch with them

IIEM a veggie juice please. I hope you do smoothies, as tomorrow I move into Phase 2 and fruit is reintroduced.

A variety of celts have origionated with narrow eyes. My friend is a direct line decendant. Not that thats interesting, just thought I'd point out.

*squints, and discovers that a has been weaving a web between the tip of her nose and the table that she's been leaning over*



*sits up straight, destroys the web with a fleeting gesture of the hand, gently catches spider in her hand*

*gets up, marches to the door, opens the door, throws the spider out, closes the door, approaches the IIEM*

A vanilla -

[IIEM] - latte coming right up!

*Z staggers in looking tired*

Can I have an expresso please..

I'll stagger in looking tired as well if I may...

Stick the kettle on IIEM...

I'll stagger in looking sober, it's all i seem to be lately since I went to school. Nope about a month before that. Not that I'm complaining it's just I could use a belt now I'm in school. Never mind.

I'll have a Dr. Pepper pleaseeeeeeeeee.

Caramel Machiatto, please IIEM- I've been spending most of my non-hootoo hours tutoring.

Of course, no one shows up. So that means I sit there and get paid to do my homework!

Until I run out of homework. Then I sit and try to balance a pencil on my nose to pass the time!