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

*walks in*

*places sign on desk reading 'Reception'*

*places non-working handbell on the desk*

*places security device-thingy on the chair*

*leaves for the large portakabin*

*Wanders in and hits the bell. Nothing happens so he improvises*

Rrrrrring!!! Ding-dong! Bwaaaaarp bwaaaarp!

~machine~

A communications link has been set up to the Large Portakabin. Please speak after the tone. Do not expect a response as the persons inside may well be stuffing their faces and drinking lots of hot tea.

*Magrathean fanfare*

Hi Baldrick, Peregrin here, just dropped by to see how you're settling in. Seems like you're doing sod-all, so it looks like you're settling in nicely.

By the way, I found out a couple of days ago that Americans don't understand the expression 'sod-all', it must be a British thing. Oh well, if they can't keep up with modern innovative language developments then that's their problem.

Looks like BED's grasped the concept! Like to come through?

Anyone seen my sloth? It escaped a couple of months ago.

A couple of months ago? It could be miles away by now.

Well, metres, then.

Get out of my coffee! I think it's here.

*opens door*

*Neerrung!*

Please proceed to the Large Portakabin.

Greetings. I would like to join your illustrious Ministry, if it's not too much w**k. I cite as qualification my membership of CoW.

Well, I'm an American. Don't hold that against me. I understand doing sod-all.

You're both perfectly qualified. On you go.

Oh yes... I was supposed to collect "my stuff?"

It's in here. Come on.

::scratches his head:: Ok...
::follows him:: Lay on, McDuff

I don't know the *exact* meaning of sod-all, but I have a fairly good idea of what it means.

*enters with sloth*

*looks slightly hassled*

"Does anyone in here recognise this sloth? I found it just behind the large portakabin. It had been thinking about escaping, but decided that it couldn't be bothered."

*leaves sloth to the safekeeping of the Ministry, confident that they have the budget and expertise to do that sort of thing*

::looks at the sloth and hopes he doesn't have to clean up after it:

*Wanders in for no apparent reasson....*

*Looks at sloth....*

*Thinks about having meaningful conversation with it....*

*Thinks better of it and goes back to other portakabin to do sod-all*



("Sod-all" is a truely british expression inkeeping with many of the populouses feelings and views, it is a great defining phrase which can explain what most of us do each day, or rather what most of us would like to do ... But in plain english it means simply "nothing")

*gives up trying to explain things, and sleeps instead...*

Hmm...just as I thought. I was just too busy doing sod-all to confirm what sod-all meant.

Yes, often happens