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

Should we see them, or should they stay hidden?

If they do show themselves, what will they look like?

A caretaker?
A pizza delivery person?
A popular singer?

Or will we just think they're pretty seedy?

Let's try to hunt down just one of them.

Who? Doing what?

Craters on the dark side of the moon!

Are the names of aeroplanes?

I was just thinking the clue might be of the crossword type

"Let's try to hunt / down / just one of them."

Just one of them could be "alone"

reversed that could be Enola

The Enola Gay?

Probably a stretch.

Past 57.

>I don't know about the longest QI. Clive will know.<

I'm flattered.

I think the longest I've had have skirted close to 200 posts. 185 might be around my highest.

>There is a type of activity, indulged in by a number of people over the years, hence the "they". The clue leads (quickly & easily) to identifying the activity, and thence to identifying on particular "offender". Not that it is an offence. Does that help?<

Ooh is it moonlighting and second jobs?

The Duchess of Kent on a moped round North London sort of thing?

>Nothing to do with Royals<

Noodles!

57-63, castle rock....



Is it...diving off of something very tall (Castle parapets) into shallow lagoons at high tides and changing their appearance is a reference to poses like Pike or Tuck that "they" assume as they plummet. The ever popular "Kylie" (bum first) and "Domino" (being shoved off the ledge and falling face first)

Athletes are "seeded" by world rankings - is this a world championship?

"not even anything to do with the UK"
If we take this at face value it suggests that the activity is not possible in the UK.

What isn't possible in the UK?
Sunbathing in December?
Growing pineapples outdoors?
Jumping off the world's tallest building?

Either something that cannot be undertaken because of the climatic conditions in the UK or something that requires a physical presence, a person, building or geographic object located outside the UK.

"Their appearance may change while they are doing it"

I can't believe that they turn into werewolves so the appearance might be costume driven, to engage in the specific activity requires equipment or uniforms.

"its something that few get the chance to do, and so some leap at it"

Is "leap" a cunning clue? Does it help if it is??
High and long jumping, diving and bungee jumping are all activities that can and do take place in the UK.

Gosh, a sudden burst of activity. The only things that leapt out of the last few posts were:

Clive, second jobs, DGI +1

pebblederook - it would be possible in the UK, it's just that this particular case isn't.

I'll go back and re-read, see if anything else comes shining out at me.

Post 109, pebble is tackling the right clues, but not yet getting the right answers. "Leap" isn't a cunning clue, just the word I happened to use.

A Clue, and quite an important clue

It's not lots of different second jobs - it's the same type of job. That's why I said >>There's an activity that some people sometimes take part in<<

Identify the job, and then try to home in on one specific person.

And then wonder whether it was worth the effort.

As for: Mont Sant Michelle, Gibralter, Lighthouses, Fraggle Rock, Rock Candy, Craters, Planes, Diving and Athletes...

No.

Sport . Is it a sport not usually played in the UK like lacross ?

I exhausted all my good ideas.

(Damn and I thought high-diving was a winner)

Is it Gods in human form? Hermes the wing'd Pizza Delivery Boy*

(that's a pizza slicer he's holding and he really loves pizza)

I dunno why I thought this but...A second job as a semen donor is something that's seedy () and you wouldn't really want to be seen doing it.

Yes it is ...I'm off to bed.

S'pose I'd better give this a bit of a shake...

Keith. Nothing to do with sperm donors. I'm not sure you could class it as a job. Maybe if...no, won't go there, we don't want the BBC Regulators after us again.

TM, nothing to do with sport either.

And Clive, not gods in human form. These are real people doing a real job.

Anything to do with bread?

Nothing to with bread, sorry.

What about then?