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

*The juke box has picked up the cue ... even down to finding the 1963 cover version that the Beatles recorded*

I'd be delighted, Dragonfly ... shall we rock?
*Stands, walks over, takes her hand, and 8 bars from the end of the chorus, spins her round, changing hands ready to start with the next verse. Off they go*

*Kes secretly hopes that the next tune on the box will be slower ...but still L & McC*

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::inspired the twist, and so does it better than anyone... ::

*In between rocking and rolling with Dragonfly, Kes replies*

Hi Lil .. recovered from your birthday? How are the squid?

*... and turn, and back ..*

Yes - I took a look at the pics - a stunning collection!

* ... and twirl ..and forward together ...*
*The jukebox seems to be repeating the same record ...*

::sigh:: I could listen to this song over and over and over and over and over again!!!

::sees Lil roll her eyes and sip her ::

::Wishes Lil could get lost in the ::

[Phillipa]

*Watches the dancers with a wistful expression.*

I love the old songs.

*Taking the cue from the audience's sighs, the juke box clicks over to the Beatle's 1965 cover of " 'Til there was you." The dancers settle in for a slow smooch. The drinks on the bar start evaporating faster than usual.*

If we were tarot cards I would be the Queen of Swords...

Yes, Lil ... Pikovaya Dama ... Queen of Spades ... Queen of Swords ... excuse the Three of Cups and The Fool as they dance ... We'll come over and share a drink with you later.

[Phillipa]

I'm not familiar with tarot cards. What does the Queen of Spades signify?

*Engländer coming out of his trance, sees there is no fire left on the hearth, but there is the music of the oldstyle*

*Hears in his mind the Heinz-Rudolf Kunze-line:
----Dein Lieblingsbeatle war nicht John sondern Paul -
----HALTS MAUL!*

Is there some Feuerzangenbowle left?

*sits next to Lil and Mari-Rae and sips a *

To tell the truth, Mari-Rae, I haven't looked at my tarot cards in a very long time, bo I don't remember anymore...

G7

Hello all
I was told there were some birthday goodies waiting here for me...
Or am I too late?

Have a look in the fridge. and happy whatsits, oh, forgot, thingy, you know...

Queen of Swords-- ewww... my book isn't very flattering towards her... I want to buy this book I found at my campus bookstore that looks AWESOME for reading my deck!!!

Sorry...

Three of Cups(Dragonfly)-- (depicts) THree maidens in a garden-ground with cups uplifted, as if pledging one another.... meanings... the conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment, happy issue, victory, fulfillment, solace, healing... Also signifies the excess of PHYSICAL enjoyment(hee hee hee!!! ) and the pleasures of the senses...

The Fool(KES)-- his countenance is full of intelligence and expectant dream... He is a prince of the other world on his travels through this one-- all amidst the morning glory, in the keen air... conventional explanations say that The Fool signifies the flesh, and sensitive life, and by a peculiar satire, its subsidary name was at one time THE ALCHEMIST, as depicting folly at the most insensate stage...

What was that about dancers kissing!??



::Bets a PPGB that there isn't a guide entry on tarot cards...::

[Phillipa]

*Brings Tweetie a large slice of birthday .* Here you are Tweetie! Something to drink?

Yes, but what about the Queen of Spades?

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*having slipped in the back way...Pandora listened to what the stranger had to say & shall try to obtain more information*
"Hey everyone! Cheese & crackers...I spen a few days sleeping, and EVERYthing changes! The new icons scare me!!! And nobody even said a word about St Dragonfly being the 1000th post!!! Do I have ta' do everything around here?!?" *presents St Dragonfly with a box of assorted jewles and chocolates from Switzerland...
Oh and of couse these!" *hands St Dragonfly two dozen blue roses...with one lovely red rose in the middle, there are ferns & babies breath in the arrangement that is in cool water in a beautiful Waterford Crystle vase*
"Now, I'll just take this pitcure of extra dry martinis & this huge bowl of olives to the comfy chair by the fireplace and sit back and get hammered, er, sip my drinks, whilst I watch the fun!"

[Phillipa]

Pandora! Boo!

Congratulations Dragonfly!

Wow, Pandora! They're beautiful gifts for her! How thoughtful of you.

Marie-rae .. the Queen of Spades is the version on normal playing cards. It's derived from the Queen of Swords in the Tarot pack, for which there are a couple of interpreatations. The one that I normally apply is this:

"A keen, quick, intensely perceptive and subtle woman."

Do you enjoy dancing? ...

In some situations, when you're using the Tarot, that card also has associations with widowhood and mourning. Switching to the "ordinary" deck of cards, just as the Ace of Spades is associated with death, so (in Russian culture) the Queen of Spades (Pikovaya Dama) is a lady not to be trifled with or upset ... for fear of the consequences! ... but I'll stick to my first definition of you ...