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

"What shall I pack in my ?" said to his companion,

"Lunch, to begin with," said .

"Okay, I'll pack an , a , and some ." He jotted down these items with his .

"Better pack something to drink."

"Fine."

"And a to open the bottle with."

"You'll also need a to eat the food with."

They boarded the . The other passengers consisted of a , a , and a who was bringing a and some to his sweetheart.

"Let's all drink some for luck," said the .

" they all said as the took off.

Comes here in a

Wonderful!!

I love it.

It drove me nuts trying to type . Also .

And I had a dream last night involving s. I've been staring at that Advent Calendar too long.

Er,

How long have you been running in two directions simultaneously, Dmitri?

Well, my mom said I became ambulatory at seven months, so...

...about 58 years or so...

I stopped running a long time ago, though I walk a lot. If I need to go somewhere at a speed greater than walking, I use my car.

I tend to hop on a to go to work

Just wait for tomorrow's, that's impossible to spell

And there was me hoping we'd get a smiley.

> impossible to spell

You weren't joking, were you?

TRiG.

I can hardly wait to see what it looks like.

That's really churned my brain up! (uber cool smilie )

That's the coollest smiley so far. There's a cog railway up to the top of Mount Washington. I will think of that every time I see the smiley.

There's a Mt Washington with a cog railway in Boston?

There's a Mt 'Warshington' with a cog railway in Pittsburgh.

Boston has all the really stuff, even mountains discretely tucked away here and there.

Mount Washington is in New Hampshire, but I've been to that area many times. I came close to living there in my youth. My father was a meteorologist in World War II. After he was discharged, his credentials were good enough that he was offered a job in the weather station on top of Mount Washington. He was tempted, but he had small children, and didn't want them to grow up there.

He didn't want them growing up on top of a mountain (my idea of pure bliss), or he didn't want them growing up in New Hampshire?

not yet gone live?

Probably the former. He liked New Hampshire fine. As it turned out, he stayed near his mother, who was widowed and had some health problems. Plus, the company he worked for before the war offered him his old job back, and ultimately promoted him to a very nice position.

Anyway, I've been to that place on top of Mount Washington, and I think it's not a good place for children to live.