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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A593444 go admire

nothing to blush about, it is a fine peace of work


now here is something else worth reading
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hmmm. Odd, I'm sure that was a bbc link - thought they were allowed?

Oh well. Viva Zaphoda etc...

it was a BBC link

here goes again http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/world/from_our_own_correspondent/newsid_1429000/1429287.stm

Just incase it gets snipped again, heres the higlights. Its a story from the beeb's correspondant in Mexico.

"This is a country of gigantic extremes. It has the largest debt with the World Bank, but more billionaires than Britain. It signs every free trade offer going, letting in foreign banks, and privatising what it can, while the poor suffer low wages and bad conditions in sweatshops as bad any in the world."

And heres the Mark Thomas punchline...

Mexican President Vicente Fox, elected a year ago this week is a former Coca-Cola executive.

and if anybody knows why the bbc-url was moerated I'd love to know

PJ you working or just up late ?

Just up late hon,

i have a nite shift 2mrw, so am trying to adjust my body clock accordingly. Well, actually, I'm just on h2g2, u know how it is...

pj

yup
I
do.

I'm
haveing
a
night
off
my
self
but
doing
nothing
more
exciteing
than
catching
a
few
movies
on
sky.

Me
just
about
to
head
off
to
bed
though

Me sleep too...

G'nite hon

Good Morning World

If you were going to attend the 'Fiesta for life against death' ~ a protest against the arms trade (11 Sep, Docklands, London UK) and were going to take a poster, what would you put on the poster?

I was considering 'MAKING A KILLING?' with a pic of the earth on the back and the oneworld web address. Or maybe quoting crass, fight war not wars.

And what to wear? I want a proper carnival look ~ a silver bra? Face paint?

Any suggestions? Anyone else wanna come and so the anti-death hippy protest thing?

pj

How about, 'Don't kill - heal'?

WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER

Did any one go to the
anti war protest in london
it was ace.
Is any one going to the one on
the 18th? which hopefully (unless
it rains really hard) will be
even bigger.

Did any one go to the
anti war protest in london
it was ace.
Is any one going to the one on
the 18th? which hopefully (unless
it rains really hard) will be
even bigger.

Hi Jk To my eternal shame I missed that one. :-( a combination of hangover and transport delays, work looming and generally failing to get my lazy ass in gear meant I didn't make it. I heard it was a good un. I hope to go to the one on the 18th, but already had planned to see Mina and Mandragora that day, so am ing my priorities. You might wanna publicise the protest here, or thereabouts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F76974?thread=142818&post=1448155#p1448155 pj

Demo, london, Sunday 18th. Stop this war. See you there??? pj PS details here http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F76974?thread=142818&post=1468813#p1468813

worth looking at (especially if your UK based).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1677000/1677542.stm