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

*comes in through back door carrying tray of freshly made bougatses*

Goodm --- oh,man! Ook, give me a hand, there's newspapers all over the floor. Oh good, at least they're yesterday's. Right, to the recycle bin.

*finds beautiful handblown glass thing half-stuck in one of the IIEM's drip vents*
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*looks up, sighs, and goes to phone*


Affi! Garius! This is Lil. Got a hole in the roof at the Aroma Cafe. Could you send out a crew soonest? Thanks.
*hangs up phone*

Hi, one-eye, ZOE, nice to see you! Has the IIEM taken care of you? Give me a minute to get the counter set up here.

Am I first today too?

Plz?

Yes...

I truly am THE KING of fttf!!

Accckkk! That's what I get for reading the backlog. Missed the thread change.

Oh well. I'm here now. Congrats, fingers.

for one-eye: coffee in fftf cup ----------> ^}~{^

IIEM, one Ook Special and one A L Special please. What's yours, Witty M?

*begins laying out fresh mbougatses and doughnuts*
*Ook brings in the new day's papers*
ZOE, what's a good South African paper for us to get in?

Mornin' Lil.

I'll have [~]k and m==, please. I see you've been baking. Have you recovered from Q's party?

* Gliding in through the open window
making a better landing*

There I was streaching me wings, reaching for the Pretoria news...
Then WHAM-BAM, all alone I am!

This place moves a lot.

IIEM please fill up my homongous mug, strong, black and sweet as you now.

BTW; hi Lil!!

I was so busy being fttf that I nearly forgot.

Speaking of fttf, what does the fttf cup look like, I don't remember ever seeing it on the shelf.

Well, you'll have to tell me another day. I'm off now!!

Bye all!!

*makes a note: Pretoria News*

You want to be careful and take a note of the geography when you fly, ZOE. There are two overhead fans going 24/7 in this place and you narrowly missed giving us a lot of feathers to pick up on top of the newspapers. I had a pair of wings, but I had to put them by. It was like bunging a trailer on the back of yer car.

Well, I keep meaning to paint the fftf cup, but I envisage it as looking like a trophy, with the wingy handles and a small plinth. A little bottom-heavy, not the kind of thing you'd want to drink out of habitually.

Y'all help youselves to the mbougatses, or m==
Newcomer, they are a flakiy apple pastry kind of thing that I learned to love when I lived in Corfu.

Pass one allong, I eat only once a day, the whole day!
Navigating is still a bit tricky but I'l remember the fan>.

Gotto run. Buy guys & gals

*clips empty Humongous mug to belt, flies of Barely don't miss the fan
A lonely feather glides to the floor...
Disaperes through the hole in the roof....
Repairman in orange jumpsuit falls on his face in the middle of the floor.*

I see we have another fiend on our hands. There can't be a repairman in an orange jumpsuit because I only just called in the repair job. Please don't make the Cafe non-Continuous. I actually don't appreciate people inventing holes in the roof.

*helps repair man up, dusts him off. Escorts him outside so he can remount the ladder to the roof.*

*notices Diogenes pacing in front of IIEM*

Awww, Digi, nobody's fed you in a while, huh?

IIEM: yogurt for the kitty, please.

*places bowl of yogurt on the floor*

*grabs a newspaper and settle herself on the couch*

Ooops, sorry Lil, tryn' to help.

Good day Lil, Witty-looks like I just missed man+10-1 and *looks at ceiling* Zoe, too. Busy day today I see!

Fresh mbougatses...*helps self and goes to favored table by the open window*

*yum snarf*

Hi, ox.

You seem particularly cheerful. Good day for you?

Everything's just rolling along, and as long as I keep ahead of what's on my desk in RL I can enjoy my coffee break here.

*takes deep breath of fresh air outside window*

How's every thing with you?

Nice & peaceful. RL daughter is down with an earache , so all normal running around activities are on hold. Therefore, that gives me some time to spend here.

Hi ox.

Sorry all around, Witty M, but our simulpost just proves my point. Let's erase the repairman. I've put in a call to the Continuity Department, as well. I like ZOE and don't want to drive him/her off with a display of irritation, but you don't invent roof holes without consideration for the other clientele. Irv wouldn't like it much, either. But as a place that attracts and welcomes new researchers, we tend to get a bit battered. We've had to replace windows and install a storm drain.


There is no repairman. No repairs have taken place yet. Management of the environment is handled by the management, who else?
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ahem. Sorry your daughter has an earache, Witty M.