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

Yes but New Zealand hold the America's Cup (yachting) which was donated by an Englishman 125 years ago.

well it's better than letting the french have it. and the englishman probably nipped it from us to begin with.

Unbelievably his name was Lipton and he imported and exported tea

Sarcasm is actually a very high form of wit. The lowest form of wit is grunting intelligently, but quoting comes as a very close second.

I forget who said that first. It's on the tip of my tongue..........

Perhaps repeating old catchphrases like "cat in a roomfull of rocking chairs," or " or "missed it by that much," or "on the tip of my tongue" happens to be running neck and neck with quoting quotations. We shall soon see.

I never feel cynical just realistic, though I suspect that's how all cynics describe themselves. I believe, in a way, cynicism is up-market sarcasm. But I would say that, he adds sarcastically, thereby wrecking a perfectly lucid, well thought out, argument. And of couse cynics love nothing better than a good argument.

Now girls, play nice.

Playing nice ranks just below nice girls.

I have always wondered why so many, allegedly, nice girls spend so much money on cosmetics and diets. Surely not all of them are ugly and fat.

It has a lot to do with a male-dominated media projecting an image of the perfect woman in all forms of media. It puts a lot of pressure on women to try to achieve that "perfect" ideal, because it is percieved to be the key to social accpetance.

Which does not explain why men's magazines, sometimes edited by women, are full of pictures of naked women while women's magazines, edited solely by women, have the 1st 10 pages full of ads for beauty aids and slimming programmes while the rest of the magazine is full of pictures of near-naked women

I think all women privately appreciate the appearance of naked women, and all men are blind sarcastic fools. I could be wrong, though.

By the way, this entire thread has been called "Sarcasm Rules" but we have yet to actually begin to list the rules of sarcasm. Anyone have any?

No really. I'd like to know. (insert sarcastic smiley here)

A man and a women all done up in their finery go out for the evening. They come home and go to bed. Next morning the man is perfect but the women has somehow deteriated over night. He goes to the bathroom in the morning using his 6 pieces of bathroom equipment. She goes to the bathroom and uses anything up to 233 different pieces of equipment.

234 actually. do get your facts straight mr. looney. thanks so much.

Sorry. I forgot the crucial piece of equipment all women use as a last resort. The paper bag.

WHO TOLD???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I read it on a Jenny Craig, Food For Fatties, shopping bag.

damn jenny and her bags too. she can't keep her mouth shut!!

OOh! Hark at it, what's he got his knickers in a twist about. I think Looneytunes has issues, would you like to talk about it?