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

why would I fantasize over one of the sexiest women in history having an affari with a semetic physicist.

Well, one can only hope !


The affair was something that was a joke in one of the Red Dwarf books !

Entry: Marilyn Monroe - Actress/Singer - A2145241
Author: Opticalillusion - U231227

Apologies, TJM, if it is a joke then it doesn't belong in the Entry unless Opti wants to state that "MM was honoured by a Red Dwarf author who jokingly suggested Albert Einstein had an affair with her" but I think that would only be appreciated by sci-fi fans and there is so much more scope for Opti to draw on from MM's real life.

I only mentioned it as a joke refference, I not have expected anybody to have actually reserched into it, let alone taken it seriously


oh well, goes to show

Surely the Marilyn and Einstein thing is just the fictional plot of a film? "Insignificance" directed by Nic Roeg, partially about a meeting between "The Actress" and "The Professor". It's been ages since I saw it, but I remember something about being on a train and throwng a ball up in the air to explain relativity. http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0089343/

And when in doubt about urban myths, viral emails and "friend of a friend" stories, always check Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/mmtoes.htm

In light of GB's comments, I have decided to support her by not putting this in. sci-fi fans

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why has nobody responded?

Found a little nitpick...


>>DiMaggio whom she was reported by the press s seeing again<<


DiMaggio, whom she was reported by the press AS seeing again,


Don't forget the commas

Lil

anything else?

Hi Opti, had a glance through this and I see a couple of things, I'll pop back shortly and list them for your consideration.

I think the 'six toes on one foot is the kind of quirky info that should be included. It's a condition known as polydactly.

You could include it in a small section at the end called, s'thing like, 'Not a lot of people know this, but...' or '...and another thing' or...

I just searched for some links on 'polydactyly' and oddly enough I mentioned it in my Entry on 'Obesity' at A13785014, where I said,

BBS (Bardet-Biedl Syndrome) is characterized mainly by obesity, but affected persons may also have pigmentary retinopathy, polydactyly...,

I certainly wouldn't say MM was obese - or even approaching it - (personally I think she had a lovely shape, but a shape that isn't fashionable anymore. So perhaps you could work something in around this.

You could also link to 'Mendelian Inheritance' at A11690570.

In fact I think you could (should) mention s'thing about body image being a function of the times, especially in view of current unhealthy fads.

See for e.g.

http://www.region.peel.on.ca/health/commhlth/bodyimg/media.htm

'tell you the truth, looking at that list, I think the women f the 50s-60s were the healthiest

'Morning BigAl.

>>"I think the 'six toes on one foot is the kind of quirky info that should be included. It's a condition known as polydactly.

>>"You could include it in a small section at the end called, s'thing like, 'Not a lot of people know this, but...' or '...and another thing' or..."



Why suggest including this when it isn't true? Read the backlog, specifically my post #24:
>>"And when in doubt about urban myths, viral emails and "friend of a friend" stories, always check Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/mmtoes.htm "

I'd ignore this completely in a factual entry. If you include it, even as a myth, then it's going to show up when someone uses a search engine, thus perpetuating the fib!

It's very unlikely, H2G2 never comes up on search engines.

Right after some consideration I think Big Al's idea about body image is I sort of did this with the Dawn French entry and its something I've looked into before; in education. Is that a unanimous discion then?

As for her having six toes, I feel this should not be included as it’s a myth

from me