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

When you try four times to reregester, but the site won't let you past page one.

(posted in the absence of Amy P)

...you're actually thankful for your adsent mindedness, that you've forgotten there was going to be a downtime and new sign in, and you've missed it completely, otherwise you'd be twiddling your thumbs dying for it to end.

...you feel guilty that you've forgotten there was going to be a downtime, cos' it's a duty of h2g2 addicts to show their addictions by suffering from the "downtime emptiness anxiety syndrome", so you try to make up for it by adding to "You know you're a h2g2 addict when..." thread.

...you were quite excited when completing the signing in process once again, and took too much time thinking whether to change your id to something even more ridiculous (in my case, i was thinking of imsogreen_withbluestripes_andblackpolkadots_plusdevilstenciling).

...it was actually half a dozen times, and you would've tried all night to sign in if your husband weren't in the same room to hear the grumbles become s...

... despite not knowing anything about the new process/mini-rupert, you still struggle on with the new sign-on process...

A sever crash ruins your plans for the day.

You take the slightest change to the hootoo process as a cataclysmic event sygnalying the apocalypse.

you, too....

... When on your day off from work, you dig out your laptop specially to post here!

... your housemate feels that he has to physically restrain you when you fail to be able post for the umpteenth time...

... when you create a "you know your an "You know you're an h2g2 addict when..." addict when..." thread

... when you revive REALLY old threads, cos people aren't responding quick enough to your new postings..

... when you are REALLY chuffed that you managed to get to 100 posts in 24 hours...

100? Pah! I hit 200 once!

(then I figured I really was spending too much time online...)

200 PAH, I hit 250 in the good old days!!!

I think that was when the Questions only thread was at war with the No, No, No thread... (over who would reach 10000 posts first..<?&gt

Oh... when you take a screen shot when you get to the top of the posters list...

When your main factor in deciding where to work is whether or not you'll be able to access h2g2.

(this placement is getting nearer the top of the list)

...

... you've turned from being

... you at the thought of being (and then ...>

... when you've forgotten more s than you can remember!