Posted: 7^th March 2002

I voted today.

What a pleasant surprise. Not a chad or official-looking piece of paper in sight, nor any annoying crayon-style pencil with which to mark an 'X'. The Dutch system is to provide a touchpad with all the parties listed along the top and the individual candidates numbered downwards from each party. So, you just select your favoured party and the lucky person who deserves your support and then push a nice, big red button to register your vote.

Simple, effective and instantaneous... and you can choose from quite a few hopefuls, so expressing your approval for a particular character rather than just the politics of the party. I wonder if the UK will ever adopt this scheme?

Poor Ormondroyd has been suffering from a nasty bout of flu this week, so begs to be excused from writing his column. Please get well soon Ormy, especially as you have a landmark birthday coming up next Monday!

I am continually impressed and delighted by all your offerings to The Post. The regulars, including the welcome return of Awix and sea, continue to provide excellent writing, the AGG/GAG team work hard to bring you the best of the rest and new (and not so new) contributors swell this edition out to 29 items in all. Enjoy!

shazzPRME

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  AGG/GAG
  


As promised - the all new Alternative Writing Guidelines.

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  Abi's Community Column
  
  


Abi with this week's pick of h2g2.

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  Chocolate - The Good Old Days
  
  


Don't read this if you're hungry!

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  24 Lies a Second
  


Awix gets bitten by a
radioactive moth

and has terrible trouble with his birthday cake

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  Macbeth Season
  


The 'Scottish Play' strikes again.

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  h2g2 Life
  


Wowbagger and the patter of tiny feet.

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  Hullabaloo's Vogon Poetry
  


The Master of Vogon Verse pays tribute to Spike.

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  Paper Cuts
  


Spimcoot and his world of the surreal.

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  360 - Changing the World By Degrees
  


An update on the current developments.

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  45 Words
  


Demon Drawer with his potted history.

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  The h2g2 Poem
  


Another great offering from agcB.

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  The Quest
  


sea with her story based on the tales
of everyday h2g2ers.

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  A New Italic Travels In
  


Linda on work - and train journeys.

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  The Post Horror Scope
  


Greebo with more soothsaying.

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  Science vs The General Public
  


Prof C Tonks with a few observations.

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  JJ's Carmalised Movie Review
  


This week: The Blair Thumb DVD.

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  The Virtual Reinhard
  


A drinking weekend in Brussels.

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  Speech Bubble Burst
  


Lindsay's column for comic book enthusiasts.

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  Off to Crufts
  


In the first of a two-parter

Greebo tells the history of Crufts.

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  Weird World
  


DoctorMO with an odd story and a great cartoon.

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  Adventures in Cinema - Part Seven
  


Is this really 'work'?.

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  The h2g2 Post Recipe
  


Hunters Chicken.

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  The Timelord Quiz - Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  


The solution and winners.

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  So Long and Thanks For Laughing
  


Cats and Dogs: Part II.

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  The Timelord Quiz
  


This week General Knowledge.

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  h2g2 Post Emoticon Competition
  


Still plenty of time to send in your Easter pictures.

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  The Post Wordsearch One
  


The Solution.

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  Announcements
  


News of forthcoming Meets, petitions and sites of interest.

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  The Post Wordsearch Two
  


Characters from the Hitchhiker Books.

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  The Post Page of Useful Links
  

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  Classified Ads
  


A great page run by Moonglum.

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  The Post Page of h2g2 Clubs and Associations.