Posted: 4^th September 2017

Where Did h2g2 Go. . . ?

. . . during the summer holidays? All sorts of places. We'll be showing you in the weeks to come, as the reports keep landing in the Post Office inbox. This week, we're bringing you Freewayriding's story. He and his family were extremely adventurous and went off the grid: no, not Siberia. Or Antarctica. Or the Outback. Cumbria. Or as FWR said, 'Deepest, darkest Cumbria.' Yep. The UK, too, can be one of the internet-dark places of the earth, as I believe Joseph Conrad did not remark. Anyway, you're sure to love this story of frontier bravery and enjoyment of life on the edge. Next week, you get rainbows and a cruise. The world is full of wonderful things, and sooner or later, h2g2 Researchers will find them all.


We have lots of amazing Stuff for you this week, so let's get right to it.

• Willem's still up to monkey business. This one reminds us of a certain mythological figure, wonder why?
• Speaking of mysterious animals, Fluff the Cat is one. He looks like a tough guy, but here he is, cat-sitting the young'uns. The Hoggetts would like some captions, pretty please.
• And speaking of cats, the Post Editor has a couple. (Or a couple have the Post Editor.) Molly the Editorial Assistant Kitty is branching out into the Arts. At least, that was her excuse when we came home to find that our living room had been yarn-bombed. Read her Artist's Statement. We think it's a lot of baloney, but if the Guggenheim calls, we'll pretend we didn't say that.
• Awix has been to the cinema, and learned things. He offers comments on what is appropriate and otherwise about the latest action film.
• We have puzzles, as always. At least, we have them, now that the Editor managed to pull an underhanded trick to get one word past the filther. Bluebottle and those other IoW speakers are completely innocent of all evil intent, but if you notice that 'typo', be kind, and just remember: in German, 'Mist' means 'manure'. One language's rude is another's completely inoffensive.
• September's Create Challenge is 'Ringing the Changes'. FWR has a set of images demonstrating that, when it comes to the arts, there is both change and continuity. As it should be.

• Twitter's a sign of change, right? Maybe even an agent of change? The other week, h2g2 submitted a suggested message to Voyager, the tiny unhumaned ship headed out into the interstellar void. . . and some of us got to thinking. Who's out there? Should we send them our home address? Might they send us junk mail in return – or worse, land on our doorsteps with a thump? If you look around in this issue, you'll find a couple of different takes on that idea. Spontaneously generated, because great minds think alike. . . of course they do. . .
• We have other snark in here, but no more cats. We've decided to give you a two-cat limit this week: you're being cut off, because the bartender thinks you've had enough. Go look at the nice monkey again.
• I have gratuitous advice, as usual.
• Benjaminpmoore is back to tell us what to do when everything's not okay. Please read Ben's essay, and give him your thoughts. We were deeply unhappy to read about Ben's housing issue: if you have any thoughts on that, definitely let him know. We're keeping our fingers crossed here.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

• Colours of Wildlife

Crown him monkey.

• h2g2 Caption Challenge

Catsitting for Dummies.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

• 24 Lies a Second

Amorality Play.

• The Post Quiz

Times a-changing.

• Picture Quiz

Bamboo-zzled.

• Written in
  Black and Wight

K stands for. . .

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

• Create August

Getting Away from
It All(most).

• Art Supplement

Cat avant-garde.

• Gheorgheniplex

The downside
to boldly going.

• Create September

Change, continuity.

• Art History 101

Art goes unappreciated.

• Ha'penny Dreadful

Part VI.
(Ridiculously scary.)

• h2g2 Literary Corner

Go figure.

• September Create:
  Ringing the changes.

• Create September: Hashtag Voyager



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