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

Yes, that might be the explanation, Phil...

NZ is GMT+12 but I don't know about any daylight saving time so I guessed it might be that.

[Amy]

Hello Amy.

*comes out of her studio wondering if Amy has had any sleep since yesterday*

Good morning everybody! Matina, may I have some tea and toast, please? Bring the strawberry preserves.

I miss reading Private Eye. Actually, I miss being able to understand Private Eye. I lost that ability about a year after I had to move to Florida -- had never realised that the humour was so interwoven with a close knowledge of British current events. In the US, we rarely get more than a couple of lines about any news abroad unless it involves sex or dead Americans.

I'll be out most of the day today, consulting IRL, but I'll catch up with y'all this evening.

That's the thing with satire. It has to be current especially so if you're doing it for TV/radio. Then they're usually writen, recorded and broadcast on the same day.

*withdraws to library to continue article research*

[WM]

*writes note on back of card*

Lil, Love what you've done with the place. I'll stop by after I complete backlog. Witty

Wonders how long it will be before WM reappears.

Hello everyone! I'm back, sort of! At least, I'm going to try to be back! Off to class now, though. I'll be back this afternoon!

Blimey, Irv was that really you?

An imposter!

*guess who didn't have a ticket to Cyprus...*

*goes off to w*Rk *

*floating in from library, grinding her teeth*

Aaarrrggghhhh! *very close to transform into 'Kristina the Flamenco Dancer'*

WHY did I have to choose a subject like 'Kalevala' for an article???

*grabs a Y and the champagne bottle from fridge, not even bothering to ask Matina*

*Springie feels that this is not perhaps the right time for a cuddle - or maybe it is?*

I would be grateful if anybody could proof-read this: http://www.h2g2.com/F28798?thread=68297&post=654683 Springie, dear, I'll always have time for a cuddle with you...:-) *picks up Springie, holding Y and champagne bottle, drifting out on veranda*

I haven't got time now, I'm afraid , but should have tomorrow afternoon. I'll read it offline when there's nothing to do, then get back to you on it. k?

*huggles Mindspring*
Ain't seenya fer a while...

OK, Mike, and thanks.... Boy, do I find this 'existing-in-a-language-not-being-my-mother-tongue-thing difficult at times...

It seems difficuly for us English-speaking types to fulling comprehend the effort that must go into speaking a foreign language so often. I think of myself struggling with German, and wonder if I can ever handle it like you guys handle English. Respect.

Thanks, Mike!

But it does help a bit having to learn English from the age of... 9, I think it was...

...and was I happy when I managed to say 'A fox in a box and a star in a tree'

...But later on, I realized that I really did'nt know that much English... but I think I can at least make myself understood (more or less)...?

*still trying to revive the 'official h2g2 chat room' at
http://www.h2g2.com/A154054*