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

LOL!
You win!

Here, have a as a prize!

*bows*
Thank you!
Have a fish

*accepts from prizewinning -typer*

*bestows gracious smile*

I have no idea how to follow that up

but you did anyway, so it doesn't matter.

Oh, OK then...now what do I say?

You could look around for poetry or lyrics on h2g2, bookmark them and when your parents come in flick to those pages and look really engrossed reading them.

I'm already doing that - sort of. Before I come on I find a music web page with loads of stuff on it, and every time they come near I use the Alt+Tab thing to flick to the other page.

And, of course, I get rid of the menu bar at the bottom of Windows, so they can't see that I'm on more than one page at once...

All wise precautions. Blocks of text work quite well too. It doesn't usually matter what subject they are, and they also don't take too much time to load or draw on screen.

I know there are a few band dedications if you want impressive looking headlines

Another alternative is to write your own 'Music' page putting on titles or text that you want them to see

I also have a few Word files at hand that are very useful - is it really my fault that once you've copied and pasted something useful that you *have* to *spellcheck* it there and then. And it's just such a coincidence that it takes so long to get through...

Forget *spellcheck*, claim that as is the case with most of the internet, a lot of the words are misspelt, you have to *proof-read* to make sure the context is right. Can't be losing marks now for shoddy research

You *proofread* and THEN you *spellcheck*. After all, if the article *just happens* to be a load of rubbish I just have to find another one, but, if it is of some use I can then *spellcheck* it to gain extra time

And spellchecking doesn't weed out there/they're errors, when you misspell a word into a new word, either.

Exactly!

As many techniques as possible so we can stay chatting

If I stay and chat any longer you'll get something resembling rsthsrlnbljjrtbb as my head hits the keyboard...

Oh dear, you'd better get some sleep then

I'll live

Thanks for worrying, just look what you've done to me - I say I have to go, and then I kep replying - somebody stop me!