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

My names in order, as far as I can remember:

Bluebottle
Bluebottle †
Bluebottle who is, apparently, a cheap Brighton hotel
Bluebottle (JACK OF CLUBS)
Bluebottle (Who thinks there should be more oak trees in England)
Bluebottle (who is advertising The Cheese's Ticket Office and KimotoCat's Counselling)
Bluebottle (who has finally finished his criminology essay Na na Na-na NAH)
Bluebottle (has everyone seen the new smilies on my page?)
Bluebottle (it's spelt "doughnuts")
Bluebottle (it's spelt "it's")
Bluebottle (who wants to know how to get a Babel fish in the 1980s text adventure game)
Bluebottle (who loves the 1980s text adventure game)
Bluebottle (who is currently enjoying a fish)
Bluebottle (it's George Harrison's 57th Birthday today!)
Bluebottle (make trees, not war)
Bluebottle (ACE 2b)
Bluebottle (Eomando is searching for Viola players)
Bluebottle (Officially Pronounced Deaded)
Bluebottle (Currently On A Mission To Swim To Jupiter)
Bluebottle (Who Left A Sock At Somebody's House This Morning)
Bluebottle (Hannibal, Murdock, BA, F)ACE
Bluebottle (The Phantom Men)ACE

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Hi, I must have just missed you. I think I became addicted to h2g2 about 2 weeks ago, but I can't be sure. Nice to see a new face, even though you've been here a lot longer than I.

Hello Cloughie!
Thanks for dropping by! I know the "addicted" feeling - it trapped me about a year ago, and I haven't escaped since
So can you say a little about yourself? That's right - I'm nosey!
I've had a look on your homepage - looks like we're in a lot of the same conversations. I'm sure I started writing to you before, but I can't remember where... Your homepage is familiar, though!
Well, thanks for dropping by!

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oh shoot, i forgot to see who's out there now. oh well, i only have a few minutes anyway. thanks for remembering, i'm sure we have spoken, if only briefly. see you in the 'funny pages'!!

Yes, see you around.

Bluebottle (The Phantom Men)ACE (Happy St. George's Day)

Hi Blue One,

Been away for a long, long, time; how ya been?

What's been happening? Where are the buzzy forums (fora?)

Regards,

your security isn't very good.

No, but that doesn't matter that much, does it?

I surely hope not!!! All the people here seem pretty f***ing cool. I can't even understand why there are actually people 'out there' who would devise something that would mess up the web, or any of its 'surfers'. Can you??

Your point being cloughie....

Hey Zaphod! You're back.
Have you seen the Joke Directory - as it's partly your fault, what do you think of how it's been going?
And what HAVE you been doing since I saw you before Christmas? I missed you and was wondering where you'd got to. Tell all!

Hi Blue,

Replied to an earlier one, on Hey Man!.

Seeya soon,

Gotta go, sleeeeeppeeeee....

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Yes, well, thanks for dropping by, old friend.

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For some reason I became obsessed with finding the origin of your h2g2 name today. Am wondering if I've even come close.

Well, let's see, it started when I picked up a copy of CS Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" and started to read. I noticed in the section where it describes the room that the Wardrobe is in, it mentions a blue-bottle that is lying dead on the window sill. I immediately thought of you . I looked it up, and the definition came up that a bluebottle is a type of fly with an iridescent blue abdomen.

So, is this the origin of your alias, or are you actually a bottle made of blue glass?

(I have no life, please be my bestestest friend)

You are always going to be a friend, ddombrow, but I think you didn't read my "Who Is Bluebottle" page today, did you?
http://www.h2g2.com/A272521
Oh well, never mind. I didn't know they mentioned Bluebottle's in "The Lion, The Witch And the Wardrobe", though...
Talking of C.S. Lewis - I'm still trying to find a copy of "That Hideous Strength" - have you read it?

Blast, another origin theory shot down...

Yeah, "That Hideous Strength" is quite a book. If you've read the first two in the series, it's shockingly different. Be prepared to be wierded out. I think I preferred the series when it still dealt with things in outer space, but this one still stands out as a nice piece of work.

I haven't read the other two yet - I have both of the books, but I was hoping to read all three in a row for the first time. I've found that there is nothing as frustrating as reading the first part of a series, and then wanting to know what happens next, and not being able to find the book.
So, you'd definately recommend it, then?
BTW - I want to write a Guide Article about Charles Wesley - do you know much about him?

I would recommend the whole series, yes. Each book really stands alone as a separate work, too, though they share a common character and basic theme.

Charles Wesley? He the one who wrote the hymn "O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing"?

Yes - and many others, including my favourite hymn "And Can It Be" - which I feel is the most moving hymn ever.
I'm writing an article about him, I've got vague confused notes so far at:
http://www.h2g2.com/A310861

Looks more like extremely detailed confused notes at the moment. Will be interesting to see the end product.

BTW Do you know if either of the two Wesley brothers are at all connected to the "Wesleyan" church. I've seen a few around and wondered...