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

's , Milliway! Everyone's at the Barbecue just now, goto A731251 to join us ....

Mmmmm. The smell of wet, damp, sodden, rotten bullrushes.
Oh well. *Sighs. Puts up wind breaker and takes out fishing rod*
It's a damn shame fish only like cold places.



Oh, there go some fish. They always just ignore me.

Hey sharks don't live in lakes, so what's that?

Perhaps it's a freshwater dolphin?
*passes round Kendal mint cake and flask of tea*

dips in the line...



how is everyone?

Hi, Galen!
Just home and recovering from a hectic weekend spent doing essential maintenance on a [RL] Campsite of some 85 acres.
Two major weekends looming to mark the end of the 'High Season' for most of the Scout and other Youth groups who are the main users of the site through summer: during the winter it tends to be used more for Leader training courses and the like.

Sups from much needed and well deserved cold

*enters the scene resolutely with a bucket full of bits of wire, rubber dohickeys, marshmallows, a big bottle of Cuervo, etc. and a long stick in her other hand. Sits cross-legged on the far side of the pond and sets herself to making the world's first fish-safe fishing device*

*mutters*

I'm gonna do it too...god d*mn it..

you are trying to make something to catch fish but will not catch them?

The most relaxing way to fish is to not have to worry about catching anything.

It's been my observation as of late that whenever I go to start fishing, I am somewhat overcome with guilt and images of hooks in jaws and eyes . And so I've generally gotten so blazed or blitzed enough to make catching them an impossibility. However, after I got bored/wasted many many dollars on lures, I decided that what I needed was a totally fish friendly way to fish! Catch them, tickle them, then release! What could be more fun?

"Here Fishy...Fishy!!!"



Can't help thinking of the Sesame Street sketch of Bert and Ernie fishing.

Aw, cute! Yeah

True story, taken from an account of the Resistance movement in Denmark during WW2 - I think the book was called "The Bright Yellow Canary" or something similar

Food was short and the Commandant of the occupying German forces co-opted residents of Esbjerg, forcing them to sit and fish in the harbour.
The Danes weren't too impressed
Their solution was to sit as ordered on the quayside with fishing rods and buckets of bait .... but NOT ONE OF THEM had attached a HOOK to the end of their line

The Germans never discovered this ploy, and could not understand why there was no fresh fish being caught for supper .....

Have just remembered the correct title of the book: "The Savage Canary"

thats a great story!
amazing how smart people can be. ...and how stupid others can be!

*casts in a line*

*sits under the tree, throwing stones into the pond*

Oi


I'm fishing


Your scaring the fish!!!

*continues throwing stones in the pond*

*throws some maggots at lil*