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

*Dripping and gagging.*

Hose? We need a LAKE!!!

*Dan walks in, having been totally oblivious to the new thread for over a week. He looks at the mess, the vomit in the bushes, and the lettuce leaf running around and laughing an evil laugh. After taking a second to absorb this new information, he shrugs it off as "normal" for the party, and offers Greebo some fresh, Canadian donuts for being late.*

Hi, Dan! Whoops!! *Ralphs on his shoes.* Sorry about that.

~Greebo loks up from her cat yak...~

Phew doughnuts... me could use some after me just got rid of the last lot... ~grin~...

Hey... that lettuce seems to be trying to transform again...

Welcome to the party Kinnominnie... ~grin~... er.. sorry about the mess... but its the maid's year off... well actually she quit... said we were to... er... hmmm... er... well... messy... ~bigger grin~

Yes, welcome Kinnominnie! Want to get something to rinse our mouths out?

*Heads for the bar and mixes up two nice large vodka tonics. Hands one to Kinnominnie. *

Stand away from that leaf, no telling what its going to transform into.

*alicat stands up with a big smile on her face. She is extremely happy that the operation was successful, if a little messy.* Can that leaf be contained? I mean, if we can catch it?

~Greebo paces up and down...~

But how do we contain it?

Maybe some kind of forcefield?

How about empty doughnut boxes?

LOL. They're certainly readily available.

Hmmm.. me not sure about that... what if there's a couple of crumbs left in the boxes???

Well then you will have make sure that there aren't any crumbs then wont you.

Greebo, there's a chance of you leaving crumbs?

All I have to say is that we had better do something fast before it turns into anything else. Greebo, how's it going with those doughnut boxes?

*Gives Greebo a couple more boxes to be getting on with*

Since you barfed, I figure you have lots of room!

Speaking of the leaf, has anyone seen it in the last few minutes.

It's over the.... ~Greebo stares at the empty space in which just a few moments before a lettuce leaf was wilting~

Oh dear, this could cause problems.

You know what this means... ~Greebo glances at all around her~... One fo us might sould like us... might look like us... and might actually smell like us... but in fact... one of us might actually be... a POD PERSON FROM THE PLANET MARS!!!

~Queue wierd 1950's sci-fi music~

Oh my... oh my.. my...my... ~Greebo backs away from everyone else...~

Anyone who is a pod person from the planet Mars please raise your right hand.