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

we're talking the most disgusting, bejewelled, garish huge rings, for example. Which go for a six figure sum

Oh, those. You'll find them on my fingers




























































































- not.

this could turn out to be a very educational meet

"which grotesque expensive jewelery NOT to buy for a "

well Pierce, edutainment is "in" - isn't it?

I wouldn't even find the ring I would like there, but then, I haven't found one in any shop, so it doesn't make any difference anyway

sounds entertaining, though...

edutainment indeed

better than addication ( = learning to be addicted)

We also try to count how many fur-coat-two-handy*-carrying types we see. Or calculate the millionaire:beggar ratio

And now the Breidenbacher hof is finished, the bottom part of that side of the Kö looks spectacular. Pity about the building site on the other side.



*I love that mobile/cell-phones are called Handys here. It's about the only English-abuse I'll tolerate.

so I see, promenading the Kö with you all will be quite fun

are you suggesting people there are so poor they only have two 'handy's?

(last week they laughed at me for going on holidays with 3: my private, my w*rk and my spare)

Blimey - are you sure you're not a Düsseldorfer?

i could be

were it not for my empty bank accounts

oh, that is no reason for not being a Düsseldorfer, believe me Pierce

i was just discussing the possibility of carrying bavarian DNA - and now this?

oh well, i have so much DNA already, i can probably live with it

Bavarian DNA? that is a hard fate...

tell that to mala

No Bavarian DNA - I was just born there. My father's Dutch and my mother's good northern German stock

really? so is my mother

my dad was danish though