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

Rodent suicide
Is a myth, I'm told. Pity.
Rat Angst had appeal.

Next topic : Why people avoid eye-contact in lifts (or even elevators)

Look up into nice
eyes, full of friendly appeal--
oops, this is your floor!

nt: what the devil IS a cheesesteak anyways?

Some couch bounces by.
Ford and Aurthur follow it.
Polo watcher dies.

Cute little, pink toes.

oops. I replied to a prompt not at the end.... silly me.

Gooey jack cheese on
sourdough bread with steak and
peppers, dripping juice.

(Wheeee, I can write on any topic I choose,
because no topic was given )

Grandma's attic was
full of men's suits, her cellar
full of skeletons.


(That would have been a good haiku for Halloween )

Next topic: Faucets that keep dripping no
matter how hard you twist the tap.

DRIP: washer has gone.
Next will be DRIP sanity.
I must end it now.


nt: use of camels in modern embroidery

Threading can be tough,
but bactrians are simpler
than dromedaries.

nt: a recipe

Heat butter in pan,
add eggs, dash of salt, then whisk.
Violà! Scrambled eggs.

nt: another recipe

Low-flying planes and
tall buildings: a recipe
for disaster. Eek!

Next topic: Trying to get the pills
back in the bottle after you've spilled
them. (Also Eek!)

this bottle hard to
open... contents all spilled!
try to get them back...

nt: one that incorperates a song title into it.

but that ISN'T about music

hay-feverish men
don't like little fluffy things
blowing in the wind



erm...next topic...: household machines that just won't cooperate

Basking in the radiance
when - PING! - the errant lightbulb
leaves me in the gloom

or alternatively:
Opening the catfood,
The pain of mangled fingers
Makes me curse aloud

NT: beginning attempts at haiku: the readers' response..

What the..??? does not rhyme,
doesn't make alot of sense....
wait...see a pattern!

nt: the real reason behind why dogs chase their tails

Hey, pretty girl-dog?
Come here -- wait stop -- come back -- stop
running away! Stop!

nt: how Marvin can 'get his groove back'.

Here I am, brain the
size of a planet, and they
give me a groove. wow.


nt: My Uncle Derek.

I thought about the song-title one for half the afternoon at work. I sort of hoped it would carry on a bit, so...

I'm longing to fly
Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Shame I'm colour-blind.

Also, we kind of missed out the one about toes (about 24 hours ago) so...

Cute little grey toes -
The sweetest appendages...
After flippers, natch.

There, I feel much better. Better put the Next Topic back.

It's still Uncle Derek. (Is that Pod's Uncle Derek, or a universal Uncle Derek? Maybe I should go ask...)

Derek likes to draw
faces on eggs with crayons.
He's an archetype.

nt: Heavy Penguins.

When heavy penguins
walk on very thin ice, they
are in trouble, splash.

nt - A giraffe with severe neck ache

Giraffes are thus prone.
This injury may be incurred
in fleeing from bars.

Next topic : How to respond to people who comment that Glasgow is much nicer now than it used to be.