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

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Yes, that's right, Neil Armstrong actually said "That's a small step for man, a giant leap for all mankind"

He fluffed his lines. What he meant to say is "... for a man ..." but what he actually said is just contradictory. NASA later tried to suggest that he actually said " ... for a man ..." but that the "a" was inaudible because of static, but later analysis of the recording showed that there was no gap in his phrase "for man" and Armstrong later admitted he got it wrong.

The grass always looks greener viewed through rose-coloured spectacles.

A good pun is its own reword.

"Death to False Metal" (Which I don't understand but love to shout at any heavy metal concert)

"wherever you go, there you are". Deep, soooo deep.

Oh, the death to false metal quote is from the group "Manowar"

and I sorta think the other one is from Yogi Beara. God for many a quote.

I like the "death to false metal" quote...

"Heavey Metal t-shirts aren't funny. Come here boy, I'll show you funny" -Joy Electric from the cd "Legacy Vol. 1: The White Songbook"

peace.

'Great men are to youth like the raisins in the cake of world history.' - Hermann Hesse - Das Glasperlenspiel

and

Baking lifts about 30% of my guilt, but only 7% of my inner turmoil...' - Willow - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"something tells me I'm not supposed to be here..." someone at sometime in some movie...

peace.

"But this one goes to eleven"

- Nigel Tufnel, Spinal Tap

Ste

Dyslexics have more fnu

Clones are people, two

Entropy isn't what it used to be

Microbiology Lab Staph Only!

Santa's elves are just a bunch of subordinate Clauses

Eschew obfuscation

Air Pollution is a mist-demeanor

Atheism is a non-prophet organization

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

Editing is a rewording activity

Help stamp out and eradicate superfluous redundancy

I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not sure

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

Energizer bunny arrested, charged with battery

No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway

"The majority of content on h2g2 is generated by h2g2's Researchers ..."

This is an incorrect use of "majority", a word which should be used only with countable nouns, to mean "the greater number", as in, for example, "the majority of cases".

Usages such as "I spent the majority of the day reading" or "I ate the majority of the meal" are not good standard English.

If I was subbing I would change it to "Most of the content on h2g2 ..." , which is shorter, quite clear, and better English.

BBC English, anyone?

Two writes do not equal one rung

Rung?

"Yes! I am inveencible!" -Boris, Goldeneye

-Spike A.

Or how about "I am invincible....aaarghhh!!!!" from Soviet Strike

Home-made quotes allowed? I came up with this one t'other day, and am quite pleased with it:
"Ozzy bites the heads off Atomic Kittens."
Rah!

"I assure you, there will not be a hurricane." - Michael Fish, weatherman, on national television... right before a massive hurricane.

Thanks to all for posts of 5 weeks ago.



"Beneath the dust and love and sweat that hangs on everybody, there's a dead man trying to get out."- Counting Crows.


"O cruel Fate, why do you mock me?!"- Homer Simpson yet again.

joy etc.

"|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13| 14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23 |24|25|26|27|28|29|30|31|" -from my calendar...

peace.

"A ship in the harbour is safe, but that's not what ships are built for."

William Shedd..........