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

*strolls back in and looks at the gleaming array of technology, covered in a thin layer of dust. A quick flick of a switch gets it clean, and all is back to normal in this room. Tobias strolls out*

OK! Which dozy @+?)*&^% has gone and cleaned my stability test! These things take time and now it's ruined! The custard skin was (grabs micrometer and measures) 3 micron short of opimal. OH well! (brews up another batch) back to the grindstone.

Geddon, have you looked into temporal control lately?

Nah! This lab is most of what I know.

Right. New orders. Keep guessing at it until you develop time travel, then send a copy of yourself back to give you a hand with making time travel a viable option. Get it right, okay?

Does that mean that I have to chuck the hot that I've been working on for the infinite improbability drive down the sink?

Infinite Improbability...? Interesting. No, keep at that. The space program needs a boost.

So, It's off to the 'Custard' bench, plus Mr Holt's elemental guide and a Large flask of

Custard Bench...?

I didnt know there was such a place

I didn't know you were still here, Anthea. hey there.

Hello

yes I'm still here whenever it manages to pop up on my postings page thingy


flu's ready by the way

Ah, good. A sign of progress. Now, if I could only get other people to start posting on Clique threads again...

Captain and Doctor, I refer you both to posting 1 of this lab. It is well known by those of us that follow the activities at 70 St Mary's Axe. that the four main elements are Air, Earth, Fire and custard. Each of these elements has it's own bench in this facility.

*slaps head* Of course! The elemental powers of custard! *points towards the sky, staring into the middle distance. Slow, dramatic zoom in on face emblazoned with a grin and a raised eyebrow* Begin development of a custard deployment missile!

Any particular flavour?

I've always been partial to the skin... Don't know why. Do we have that pink stuff that tastes like nuclear waste?

That pink stuff IS nuclear waste and that is why it's stored in special containers

Oh I thought that was the kitchens attempt at strawberry...

That stuff was... >gloop< Oh dear... I ate a whole barrel...