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

Vas iz das ..'crook'?

Mein Gott Hermann ve haff been rumbledinen by das frau mari-rae. Ein Crook, Ein Frau, Ein smartenzecookie.

Achtung, Volkswagen Deutsche Grammophon Gesselschaft! Mit Kinder Surprise und Braun Multipractic.

(Some gaps in my education, I think).

I only ever got as far as KLM. ..and then only because those letters form a triangle in lower right hand corner of my keyboard ..like AXZS makes a parallelogram in the ... ..left han..

Gott im Himmel! Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik! Raumschifffahrtgesellschaft! Wo ist den diese Schmart Frau?

Geez .. us lot crook? Waddaya mean ya big Shiela? Maybe something to do with the famous Craptain Crook?

*Finally manages to unstick the door to the Middle Age Division and stumbles into the room. Checks back over the last few posts.*

Well, no wonder it took so long to get back in here. Look at all that foreign language that had to be gotten past the moderators!

*Peers through newly-opened door*
Hurrah! It's open at last ..... Are any of the beer engines working?

Dearest Kes,
Missed you so much darling! I can't believe they just want to brit us out like this. Does the galaxy only exist in English? Tut Tut Tutankamen and please keep me abreast of any poesia en Espanol ou Francais. I have been reading some modernist mexican poetry on the Gulf of Mexico. I got my first light coat of tan. It felt sooooo good. Nothing like a good book of poetry on the beach. I have been ill, not sure what to make of it all but am finally feeling better. I feel good on the beach because I lost a little weight, not the way to do it but It's All Good, as the kids say here in the USA. Keep in touch.
Worlds of Love,
JLC the TTP

Good to see you again, JLC. The light tan looks pretty good .... and we can always replace the weight loss by means of a few drinks at the BOF Inn bar. It's taking some time and plenty of drinks to get used to the new house rules ... I am hopeful that the foreign language poems (well, some of them anyway) will emerge from Moderation ... the problem seems to be finding moderators with the right languages .... Pull up a bar stool. Good place to keep an eye on things

**Pheroneous flings open the door**

Aha!!

**Door responds by closing immediately**

(muffled) Ouch!!

**Pheroneous gingerly pushes door open.**

(Clutching nose) hurro chips, dice do see you back. Cand I gt ju a drwink or twee?

You just sit down and hold your nose .... I'll get you a dwink and some tissues ....

*Blinks, peers over top of bifocals*

Ah. This is where all the middle-aged people are.

Age is a state of mind .... What state is your mind in? Would you like a ?

I just put everyone in The Snug to sleep with a wandering disertation on Tom Wolfe's latest 'novel' so I thought I'd run round all the BOF rooms and see where the Library got to...
We had some good titles here. A lot of them got burned during the cold snap over xmas but there must be some around here yet somewhere.
Ah, there we are, a freshly painted door, with sign that says "The Library". Perhaps it's more than just a 'reading room' and one can chat about books in fine old BOF fashion without some young upstarts ranting about 'Harry Potter' or 'furry faced critters with mystic powers who save the 'world' from ... Arrgghhh!

You will find THE LIBRARY at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F57147?thread=110179&skip=0&show=20 or under BOF INN 'Other Conversations'

You mean as in "Stay standing...stay standing if you've never read anything by Terry Pratchett..."

Derry who?

I think someone ought to take a look at that bump on your nose, P ... it's affecting your consonants!

It's affecting your consonance too

My conscience is clear. It wasn't me, I wasn't there, and anyway she told me....oops!