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

While I was on the train I was going to post something along the likes of computers being great when they work and not so great when you can't get them to do what you want. The phone then ate the posting
Says it all really

I hope the recovery goes well for Mr T, Teuchter.

There is certainly rain here should clear some of the snow out of the way.

Blimey, a Magpie is nestbuilding in my snowy uk garden!

*flabberghasted by the odiousness of PR, David fails to say anything useful or worthwhile, but just leaves his beak hanging open in shock*

Cold and very damp today, hopefully it will clear the snow and ice which is now looking and feeling quite horrid.

My 'plant graveyard' has been revived itself - the Prayer plant which, up until New Year, was a bunch of brown shrivelled leaves, has, this morning, produced three brand spanking new ones My Amaryllis has a single shoot from the bulb again (I killed the last shoot - I broke it ) On top of all that, Freddy has left the building. I'm taking these as good signs.

PR? Peer Review? What's going on in there?

Sorry, I meant Pat Robertson, not Peer Review. Oops.

Stupid boy... Owl... Whatever.

*blows nose noisily so as to be understandable*

PR as in Pat Robinson, Mrs Zen

... he could certainly use some better PR

Sorry, I'll stick to my w**k computer...

...and there was me frantically searching Peer Review

Hi,
Just put my sensor round this strange but inviting door - not sure why.
Just a random piece of information came to mind looking at the melting snow outside and seeing the mysterious ginger cat who regular commutes to spend the day in my garage roof- going home at the same time every evening - tiptoeing across the law and is totally unfriendly - but its been only been 15 years.
This made me think of Orangey the Cat who had a 15 year movie career (Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Gigor (1962) Village of the Giants (1965) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and much more and won at least 2 Patsy's (animal Oscars)
- what a waste Ginger when I think what you could have been doing with your life - but then I'm just gazing out the window.
Slippery

Robinson, not Robertson. Thanks, Ti. Oh, dear. Can I go back to bed for a few weeks, and only emerge for rehearsals?

Welcome, Slippery

I 'just found this place by accident' a couple of years ago. You can't keep me away now

I'm sure our Hostess will welcome you proper-like shortly.

In the meantime, help yourself to

Oh those cats of mystery. I have Teh Blak Kitteh who comes in most evenings, noms down food, and buggers off again. In three years we have gone from not being able to make eye contact to me being able to stand up and walk away from him, but not towards him. Humanz are Evill.

Welcome to the Atelier Slippery Ramparts. Are your parts always slippery, or is it a temporary affliction because of the ?

"Are your parts always slippery, or is it a temporary affliction "

Goodness but that sounds like an awfully intimate question Ben!

Ooh Ben, you are naughty. But I like you.

"Are your parts always slippery"

I actually read that as 'Are your sheep parts'

been a long week!

Hmmm ponders slippery bits, far too early.

Welcome Slippery make yourself at home, pssst watch that Mrs Zen, she can extract things that you'd maybe not want extracting, well not right now, with around.

Hi Slippery. Welcome.

David, you were right the first time. It is Robertson, which I'm sure everyone named Robinson will appreciate. Dreadful man.

There was a bit of white stuff left in my yard when I went to bed last night, but it's all gone this morning. Hooray!

[GDZ]

One more story to illustrate Pat Robertson's infamy for those outside the US familiar with this creature: during the genocide in Rwanda, he used his television program to raise money from all the little old ladies who watch him regularly, saying the money would go to help the victims. Nope. He used their donations to support his diamond mining activities on the other side of the continent.