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

Entry: THE PERIODICAL CONTRARY PRINCIPLE - A3376541
Author: rm3251 - U1170565

I do believe that this is a good idea to considered by the Peer Review

This sounds very much like a personal theory, rather than a description of the universe, so it is not suitable for inclusion in the Edited Guide. I think you should remove it from Peer Review.

On the other hand., with a lot of tidying up, it might form an interesting article in h2g2's weekly newspaper, the Post.

FM, the capitals in the title were a dead give away. Ching ching.

Yes, I found my eye immediately drawn to this one. We haven't had any new entries in the Bus Shelter for a while, have we?

... Whatever.

This Entry is not suitable for the Edited Guide.

This thread should be removed from PR.

HELL

I love the conceited phrase ' Logic is greatly acceptable by the scientists and ordinary people exactly as much as I do'

Me? I'm quite relieved to be 'ordinary' and a scientist. Better than being the sort of person who writes this kind of rubbish.

C'mon, FM, this is almost fun to read...

I think this entry can be summarised as follows:

Everything has an opposite. The opposite of nothing is something. If nothing exists, then something must exist too. Therefore, something exists.

Did we doubt it?

What is the opposite of strawberry?

Not everything has an opposite! Therefore nothing exists!

HELL

Oh come on, Hell, everybody knows the opposite of strawberry is raspberry.

What about an anti-matter strawberry?

here you go, take that glowing one in the middle, heh, heh, heh...

How much damage would annihilative detonation of an anti-matter strawberry cause? Let me see: 1mg of antimatter is about 50 tons of TNT, so a 10g strawberry should be enough to level a city...heh heh heh

Those toffs at Wimbledon are going to get a nasty surprise when they order their strawberries and cream this summer

Thirded or is that forthed!

Will add to current list for back to entry move

OK, so what's the contrary of strawberry aroma?

Sharp ball back...

HELL

Aromas are molecular aren't they?

Hey, now we have chemical anti-matter warfare! Woo hoo!

*remembers to anti-matter strawberry aroma preventing duct tape...*

that was remembers to *buy* the duct-tape..

'OK, so what's the contrary of strawberry aroma?'

Now let me see: we've established that the opposite of strawberryis raspberry, and you inhale an aroma, so...

*blows a raspberry back at Hell*

Woodpigeon: I can't taste the aroma of anti-matter. So anti-matter strawberry aroma is (to me) not the opposite of strawberry aroma.

FM: OK... You won. Next one: What's the opposite of the character '#'?

...This seems to be something for 'ask h2g2'.


Later,

HELL

"What's the opposite of the character '#'?"

**puts hat on**

Well, actually, there was a character called "#" in a 1957 edition (Issue N° 1472 to be precise) of Marvel's Why-Men comic - His arch nemesis was a small piece of furry blutak called "§"...

So there's your answer. QED





PS. Someone please move this thread out of PR - it's getting altogether far too silly

(Mind you, it's more entertaining than the entry was

'Triangle Man, Triangle Man
Triangle Man hates #-Man
They have a fight, Triangle wins
Triangle Man...'