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

Aaaargh!!! Lil... don't do that to me... I thought I'd missed a day of revision.....

Phew.... um... something to calm my nerves I think IIEM....

*looks around to see everyone, including Ook, Digi and Pierrot staring*

Sorry people!! I'll be back to *normal* in a bit!

*waves at Fashion Cat*

Hi

hey Joanna....

*Finds it hard to look at the whiter than white liquid produced by the IIEM...*

You ever seen one of these before Joanna... theres not even any shimmers of light it's so bright....

Ah well... lets try this destresser.....

*sips*


*feels all her muscles simultaneously sag... sways a little before having to go sit down*

Wow... good stuff IIEM!!

The IIEM never ceases to amaze me... but if it works... cool!

*looks as if I'm about to fall asleep I'm so relaxed*

I'll definitely be ordering more of these... hope you remebered how you made it IIEM.... I'll have another one just check please...

*watches as IIEM produces drink*

absolutely amazing... its so bright.... i'll definitely be needing some more of these during my exams!!

so... anything happening Joanna... seems a bit dull around here at the mo....

*walks over to Digi* It amazes me how you always get the sunbeam... Fancy some ice-cream???

IIEM... a plate of vanilla ice-cream please...

Absolutely nothing is happening to me... I've got nothing to do IRL...

um hey, *pushes up glasses*
i'm new in town...this looks like a cozy little spot to chill.
what's the drink of the house?

hey shika!!!

trust me, i know what it's like being new.... welcome to the aroma cafe. Its a no-alcohol zone though.... Looked after by asteroid Lil and we have a resident cat - Digi *sunbathing in the sun* give her a plate of ice-cream, and your friends for life! Ook... scrabble genius, loves crosswords, but only ever says Ook...


<Ook: Eek...

Oh yes.... and Eek!!!

We also have Pierrot, who does a great sax impression... you gonna be kind Pierrot??? *pierrot looks stubborn* Ok. I'll get you a doughnut??? *pierrot immediately begins a jazz medley*

for coffee, tea, doughnuts, pastries etc we have the IIEM -Infinite Improbability Espresso Machine.... does a mean latte. Just ask and it delivers. Lil will no doubt fill in any gaps when she arrives!!

How you finding your way round H2G2???

*can be heard shaking out umbrella at the back door*
*comes in muttering*
Only in h2g2 and central florida can it be raining out back and sunny in front...

A newcomer! Welcome in Shika. *quickly reviews securicam* I see Fashion Cat has clued you into everything except that Ook is a blue orangutan. One day one of our regulars, Vlad, ordered sumatran blue from the IIEM when it was malfunctioning, and got Ook instead of coffee. But Ook busses tables, plays all comers at scrabble, and is good company even if his conversation is limited.

I can't stay, I'm afraid. I just wanted to pop in and see that there were no calamities. Lightning here IRL, must disconnect soon.
See you later!

hmmm.. its 4 mins past midnight... had yesterday not been counted as wed, I may have got first to the forum... sigh... try again tomorrow!!

hehe...

a destress please IIEM... oh and a chocolate doughnut please!

Being a day early for the solstice isn't all bad. It'll give the druids a day to prepare.

Being a day early for the solstice isn't all bad. It'll give the druids a day to prepare.

*returns, muttering more annoyedly than before*

4 hours without electricity! I ask you. I wasn't in the dark -- us Floridians get lots of these outages. But after I lit the hurricane lamp and settled down at the dining table, I suddenly discovered that I have forgotten to play some solitaire games manually. I used to know ever so many, from rainy days at summer camp.

Anyway. Ook, Pierrot, you guys hungry?
*orang & parrot descend from rafters* OK. IIEM, give us bananas, melons, mangos, lychees and brazil nuts, sufficient for these two.

Excellent. Please enjoy your meal on the porch. Diogenes, I don't think you need --- no really, you've had ice cream. Oh all right.
*pops open can of Bluebottle's Best albacore tuna and decants it into bowl*

That takes care of the zoo. Any researchers need orders filling? How many Barneys?

*wanders in*
Hi, Lil, Barneys One and Two, et al...
ls it possible for me to get one of those things l made by accident the other night, Lil? The llEM put a scoop of vanilla ice cream in my Redbeard's Brew by mistake, along with some cinnamon. lt's rather startling, watching it being made, but it's really pretty good.

Let's call it the Odradek Surprise. *programs new order into IIEM*
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Is that it?

Hee. Certainly surprised me when l -made- it...
*stirs experimentally, then sips*
Mm. That's it precisely. Thanks, Lil.
*stirs contemplatively*
l don't care what Redbeard says. This is some hitherto-unknown substance, l think. The fifth state of matter.
Hee. Ought to contact Rhode lsland, and see what they think...

Well, it's noce to have made contact with one customer since this morning. Not a satisfactory day when one sits in kerosene-lamp dimness for 4 hours.

*boils water for green tea*

Eh. Thunderstorms can be quite miserable, no? l tend to lose power every time it even clouds up...
However did you pass the time? l usually just read, sulk, and cast longing looks at my computer monitor. That or call up the power company and harass their voicemail system...