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

How can I express half an ho?

[number of fingers I am holding up]

How many is that?

[number of toenails I currently have]

could I guess that the answer to would be ten?

Is that 6 or 7 then?

Sorry, lets make it 7

Do you mean a seven word question?

[number of pairs of shoes you own]

Didn't I make myself clear?

[baker's dozen]

Did I get it right, then, or not (about the number of words)?

[number of legs on a scorpion]

If you didn't, do you think I care?

[number of legs I was out by, plus four]

How many legs has a scorpion?

{14}

Why such a big interest in scorpions and the number of legs they have?

[3]

Are reasons necessary?


[17]

Well knowing the Scorpion head : leg ratio is useful in identifying foreign objects in hamburgers, isn't it?

[12]

Are you telling us that scorpions are used in hamburger production, then?

[12]

I certainly am not, have you thoroughly read and understood the question?

[17]

why have we gone back to using ordinary numbers? is it not more fun if you don't?


^. .^
= ' =

Sure?

number of schools?

{number of legs a centipede is umoured to have divided by number of years in a decade}

^. .^
= ' =

Didn't you realise I meant MY schools plus MY jobs?

[Napoleon ?? had a hit with "They're coming to take me away"]

?? [too difficult, sorry]