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

*waves to Ag*

Byeeee

Why oh why did I think I'd have free time when I had no revision to do? I have about a million and one things to do, when instead here I am happily fiddling with my linux box.

try to be less serious and more welcomming to thingites

Woah... deja vu.

today is wibble and all should be happy

So Teuchter, I'm confused - did you resign already, or are you still holding off on that? I thought you had intended to resign a few days ago but the boss was out of the office.

Affy, I think the concurrent-library-hitchhikers theory is unlikely. More likely it was you who posted it in another space/time/universe/crisper drawer. Or a technical glitch or stale cookie elsewhere. But it makes a good case for a holistic detective, no?

Office Christmas party today, still must do some cleaning. I'm tempted to use the "travel 200 miles to fix my glasses" excuse to get out of it, but I don't think anyone would believe that I had to travel *past* either NY city or Philadelphia (and the hundreds of intervening towns) to find an optician. Plus I don't wear prescription glasses.

why so sensible on this thread?

Because it's a serious thread. Wasn't this made sufficiently clear to you last time?

Damn... I meant to say 'semi-serious'.

don't you ever welcome thingites? I mean you can have these kind of conversations in real life - so why have them on hootoo?

You can have silly conversations in real life too... we'd probably be more welcoming if you said somthing worthwhile rather than just saying 'this is boring'.

How about this then. 'man would sooner have the void for his purpose than be void of purpose' Nietzche, Geneology of Morals

Do you want a *serious* answer to that question?

Because many of us have been around h2g2 since the earliest days, and we know each other as well as we can without ever having actually met. In "real life" where 1000s of miles apart, so it's the only opportunity for us to have these kinds of conversations. And we spend plenty of time being on h2g2, just not in this thread (usually), and not always with these accounts/usernames.

Yes I'd like a serious answer to the question

Aye... I'm still a young'un (at least in H2G2), but I like it here BECAUSE it's a break from the silliness...
On the other hand I also run Ask Mr. Dreadful (F19585?thread=542690)
Am I normal?

But your lack of silliness makes it impossible for an outsider to join

Why? I joined in just fine.

*Falls out of the christmas tree with a squid on his head*

You did not see zat. I am in disgeese.

*Climbs back into the tree*

*Points to Clouseau*

Silliness! Burn the Heretic!! We know who you are!!!

Whooo woooo, yeller dawg! Boooooooo!

Hey, you'ze gone an' cleaned this place up! Where's my wall scrawlins?

Whoooooo!

<-- swishes the ghost away with a flip of his tail.