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

Ooooh Asla! goody! I asked because I don't like it when it is too old. I have a spunky little box wine here after we have finished tasting yours

*Arrives just in time to take the house tour.*



[WM]

Kewl!

*hic*

Psst Body - it's spelled 'emanating'

This is of course the first clue...

B

I'm afraid that you will have to forgive MrBody his spelling, typographic errors are somewhat of a hobby of his. As they can not be an employ.

So who's going to turn up and apologise for Jeeves' grammar?

B

Well I can confirm that as an ex-herder of cats I am not playing any role in this.

And neither is my mammoth.

My grammar, like many things, needs neither apologies or explaination sir.

Obviously I'm watching and I'll be doing my best to make a good guess. I very much look forward to how the evening unfolds.

I've already got a pretty good idea who my number 1 suspect is.

B

Pulls up a mat

*ing, now that is up for the guests to read while they drink and wait*

*puts on Nigel's tinfoil deerstalker*

Anyone for a sweepstake on the method of murder?

I'm offering:

5/4JF - Poisoning
5/4JF - Shooting
9/4 - Stabbing
3/1 - Asphyxiation/Drowning
6/1 - Heavy Impact Trauma (such as one might suffer from having - say - a piano dropped on one's head)
20/1 - Explosion
100/1 - Psychologically induced suicide

B

I will let you know that only two people know the who, how and why.

You've gotta get all three for it to properly count as a correct guess

Researching and building this up has been a hell of a hoot so far, it's unbelievable the different ways you can come up with to kill people and get (hopefully) away with it when you read a lot of detective novels, have a warped imagination, and really set your mind to it

Okay, must stop scaring people

I've already spotted a glaring botanical inconsistency in the Driveway description.

*Vip flutters in, sipping a hot ginger and lemon cordial and casually alights on a nearby shrub to watch the action*

Er...you know that's a holly bush, don't you dear?

B

*Arrives just in time*

I don't drink beer, but I have a bold, organic Argentinian Malbec in an elegant glass. And a pen and paper to write down clues.

On the basis of 'you are what you drink', I have a few bottles of Brains to assist me this evening.

B

Popcorn, check. Beer, check. Good, I like it already.