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

Welcome to the Aroma Cafe, dispenser of fine coffees, teas and specialty beverages, not to mention Joanna's donuts, Marv's brownies, Lil's mbougatses, simian humour and good conversation.

*dashes in with mug in hand, trips over own feet at thread entrance, catches balance and manages not to spill a drop*

I'm here! How did I do?

*collapses at table and sips coffee, while watching for slower contestants*

Blast!

Exhilarating Event!!!

What a time to get a dodgy phone connection. Sob.

Is there a prize?

*watches, helpless with laughter as regulars barge across the floor*
*Ook leaped to the rafters as soon as the starting gun went off but decides to stay up there as the mayhem breaks out*

Well, I'm outta here after that.
try and catch you all later
Ciao.

Redbeard is the winner!! *IIEM plays trumpet fanfare*

Next time we do this, let's subtract one chair.

*makes first-to-the-forum special for Redbeard*

Well, that was fun. However, must be going as offspring is demanding to check e-mail. Be back soon.

*exits behind B-17*

*still catching his breath*
*stands on chair*
Thank you! Thank you all! That was fun!
I'd like to thank my fast internet connection and my secret reloading techniques
*decides to get down before he hurts himself*
*accepts first-to-the-forum special*

Well. A handicap for Redbeard in the next race.

Looney, I think of your screed on early Dr. Who every time I do the interim performance art bits on these threads. It's become clear to me that those old episodes were actually written for radio.

Lil, you could very well be correct. In my view the best part of the early shows was the music - a radio-friendly medium

Redbeard, Looney very amusing described watching an old Dr. Who episode where several baddies run through undergrowth and periodically stop in a clearing to inform each other where they've been, where they're going, and why

That's great! Of course, Dr. Who episodes didn't worry that much about following any standard 'television' rules, but that does sound like it might have been a radio script.
*suddenly wishes Dr. Who was still playing in this area*

I think it was... but don't quote me on that......

You could always get them on video...

Evening all, could I have a C|_| plaese 'lil?

Hi, F??h
Video... not a bad idea. I'll have to see if I can rent them locally. I'd consider buying them, but... the video store two doors down from me went out of business a month ago, and sold everything, so I bought over 100 videos. They were very cheap, but still... my budget has put a moratorium on purchasing videos

My Dr Who review was used by the h2g2 Post. It lives at http://www.h2g2.com/A335477

This is the bit Lil is refering to... Even the cavemen in their ill-disguised BBC vowels, have long exchanges about what has just happened and what to do next.
'Zar has killed the Old Woman!' 'The Old Woman is dead?' 'Yes it is so.' 'Where is Zar?' 'He is gone.' 'Gone? Where has he gone?' 'He is not here. We must find him!' 'Yes, we must find Zar!'
Then you get to see each caveman running through the 'jungle' - in fact, bouncing about on a trampoline with a fierce expression while the props department sticks fronds and twigs in his face, for BBC studios were not immense in those days. Then the chasing party will come to a halt in A Clearing for more chattipoos.

Peppermint tea please IIEM, arrgh, I'm being chucked off the computer, oh well

*serves up orders uncertainly*
Are you still there Tabitha?

I love that passage, Looney. As I said on the list, it brings back Tarzan, Jungle Jim, Buck Rogers, and even the Lone Ranger. More innocent times.
"Go into town, Tonto."