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

I'm kind of surprised that we got parked without losing any anchors this time.

here's a guide book if anyone is interested.
http://www.caboverde.com/ilhas/boavist/guide-e.htm

Sure, the natives would *understand* a giant Cutlass (Oldsmobile sells enough of them), but they might laugh us off the island for driving such a gas-guzzler.

let me entertain you

as long as they laugh they won't be hostile

i hope

somebody might want to let Paul know- Oldsmobile died. t no longer sells anything. General Motors still lives(barely) but it no longer sells cutlasses.

::wades ashore and goes to market to buy spicy and sugar cane brandy::

*Nervously performs an anchor inventory*

::phones back to the bridge::

engage the position-stabilizer in order to keep the ship exactly where it is, come hell or high water

and while you're at it turn on the sep-generator as well

i've found a lovely spot under a parasol. they sell aguardente very cheaply here join me for a if you like

the girls look pretty too, by the way

::flint returns from his trip to the island, apparently drunk and filled to the rim with poppy seeds ::

::returns from the island just in time to see flint leave the bridge::

there you are! thought i'd recognized you in the town's square

oh well, seems we're in for a few pranks again. somebody'd better warn mari-rae

anyway, let's heave up that anchor of ours and set sail again. we'd better round the cape and sail through the suez canal before spring reaches the greek islands and we have a few visits to pay on the way so let's do like the hockey players

let's get the puck out of here

420 kilograms, Captain!





There! Now we've weighed anchor, we can set sail. Which way is the Suez Canal from here?

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I thought Flint was one of the Parrots of Penzance.

you'd better not let flint hear that, paul. he is very touchy on the subject of his origin

primarily because noone knows anything about it, himself included

we should head more or less towards southeast, navigator

that's over there, if i'm not very much mistaken

shagbark walks over picks up bottle and drains it. he then puts empty bottle on other corner of chart table. Let's see what kes does with that

Is that a case of "Left hand down a bottle"?

::downs left bottle ::



better tell the lookout to be alert. this old map says "here be mermaids"

Could we sail through this bit instead?

*Points at area on chart which says "Here be barmaids"*

~ring ring~ lookout to bridge mermaids off the starboard bow.~

*Faces starboard, and bows to the mermaids, as instructed*