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

perhaps you will meet him on the Marakesh express.
I note we are parked next to the rail line.
Pray tell captain- what will we do when the train arrives

we will look for the dining car immediately. i hear muhammad the cooks a decent goat

That's not going to help here.

All my goats are indecent.

*Picks up card*

CHANCE
Go directly to dining car.
Do not pass Goat.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7
all gods children goat to heaven

What if the goat escapes while the 's attention is on something else?

Does that make it a 'scapegoat?

in that case there's goat to be something else to chew

Yes, but most of the alternatives are degoatant.

de goat ant? i've heard of de ant bear, but never de goat ant

anyway, we are off for a small trip with the marrakesh express. shouldn't take many days. see to it that you bring plenty of beverages, as we might get stuck in a dry place

all aboard here: F70774?thread=1446978&post=16727016#p16727016

The SEP field briefly turns off making the ship visible to the approaching train.

look, there she is

interesting experience, shipspotting from a train

*Turns on the Tannoy, and announces:*

"The 1:42 express from Marrakesh has overshot the station, and is now arriving at The Blood. All passengers for adventure and lots of booze please change here. Please note that because of a boiler explosion in the station kitchens, platform nine will soon be arriving on the 2:00 train from the City. Thank you!"

all right, people, let's get this show on the road again. well, not road actually. more like the strais of gibraltar

I thought we had already passed them. Where in the name of Bob are we going

you seem to forget who our navigator is

all right, ready to go out of the med again and turn left and sail south along the west coast of africa. next stop is the islands off the green cape they cook excellent spicy there, i'm told

One , two orange spicy fish

OK - out of the Med. From here.
*Pauses to inspect chart*

Easy!

Helmsman! Straight ahead - steady as she goes - until we clear the harbour mouth (heading pretty well due North), after which we need to head West, so it will be ...






















(all together now)













Left hand down a bit!

::at the sound of several hundred pirates shouting "left hand down a bit" - in unison - the helmsman has a nervous breakdown and swings The Blood around 360 degrees before finally getting her under control again::

hey, watch it, helmsman - i almost spilled my

we are sailing, to philadelphia...

nope, that was not an order, helmsman, you just keep her steady on course

i can't wait to taste the spice fishes on the islands. i hear they serve them with bananas

which reminds me it's been a while since i last had me a