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

*Nips in and back out of the Inn with a tea tray bearing a china pot, with Senorita cosy, a number of cracked cups and some luke warm milk and dirty sugar.* Teas up. Philipa there has the biscuits.
*Pours, sups, relaxes* Ahhh!

[Philippa]

*Having rushed over to the Tea Shoppe, returns with a box of cranberry teacakes, scones with , and assorted biscuits all fresh from the ovens...*

Help yourselves!

*Looks askance at Kes...* You are welcome too.

*unasked (and probably uninvited)*
Ooh - thanks very much

Tea and teacakes! I was just heading back to the village when I caught the odour ... Couldn't miss this. ... Milk, no sugar please ... So where's jwf then?

*returns from Library where he just had to check and see that the waterbed was still there...*

I think those pills are working, Kes. Thank you. I feel much ..calmer now. I think I'll just spread my little wings and have a cuppa with y'all. Black please ..yes dammit black! No sugar. No cream. Black the way god intended ... oops sorry. Uhm..strawberries.

*sits back and follows activities vaguely remembering a sixties film called Blow Up...*

We have lots of shags out my way back home. In fact my place faces onto Shag Bay. Shags are smaller blacker cormorants. Some people call 'em black ducks. I've timed their dives at over a minute and a half... *sucks on strawberries and finally shuts up*

Four common subspecies, I believe .... Hey! How come you're always posting at the same time as me?

Is there anyone here who is NOT stalking someone else? I don't think I am, but I have a bad memory.
Oooo, strawberries. marvelous

I'm stalking myself, since the exclusion order was lifted

At least you'll never be accused of interrupting while someone else is stalking ...

*The Munchkin produces a set of small cards from his grubby pocket and hands them round. They read;
"You are cordially invited to a small, yet perfectly formed celebration this Tuesday (10th July) in the Snug. Here Munchkin will return in triumph from his graduation to be smug and wave his certificate about in an annoying manner. An arrangement has been made with the local "home brewer" and the special, non-blinding, stuff should be available. Hope to see you there."

[Philippa]

Me too?

*nods head affirmatively while sucking on strawberries*

*Looks around*
Hello jwf! Hello Philippa!
*Looks up at sky, thinking of that play and the Test Match ,,,*
"When shall we three meet again? In thunder,lightning, or in rain?"
Hehehe

Quoting that play is bad luck... Watch out that somebody doesn't blow you up too.

*Looks around nervously ... no sign of moving forests ...*

*spits out srawberry pit and leaps to Kes' rescue*

Oi, hold on there now! I'll have you know this chap was the one who rescued Phillipa from the clutches of the evil Pheroneous when he had her trapped in the Snug and tied to a chair back around post 300 odd. This man is a hero! Leave him be or so help me I'll swing fer ye...

What's in them strawberries..?

Thank Eee, good Sir ... 'tis most pleasing to have noble deeds remembered Ar, Jim lad!
(Grief! Remind me to lay off the strawberries!)

[Philippa]

*Looks vaguely confused.* Aw, Pheroneous didn't mean nothing by it. But it was nice of you, jwf.

*Wanders out. Stacks chairs in the corner out of the way. Looks around the garden and at the site of the Portabarkabin. Wonders where eveybody went. Especially that chap with the still. Wonders whither the bowling green ever got anywhere. Shakes dying bee out of slipper.*