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

Today, as part of my ongoing campaign to educate myself, and become a more worthy citizen....ahem......i have learned a new word.

The word is........WALT.

Can anybody guess what a WALT is?

I'm off to the cinema now to watch cartoons, all this education has taken it's toll.

Walt = A Walter Mitty you know really well

Walt = A moustachioed animator you've re-animated

Should have guessed you'd get it Fez

Yep it's a Walter Mitty character. I was talking on the phone to an ex-army mate this morning, and i was talking about this delusional character i know. He said.......oh, he's a WALT

Apparently it's used in the forces to describe someone who pretends to be one of them (Fought all over the world, died twice, SAS were taught by me) you know the kinda thing. I'd never heard of it though.

It's in quite common usage over here, among folks above a certain age, but then we're all big Danny Kaye fans.

Folks above a certain age eh? Ah that'd explain my ignorance, i'm just a sapling you see.

I remember seeing that Danny Kaye film now you mention it. I wonder if it's available to rent. I could lend it to my WALT, see if he gets the joke.

That's the trouble with Walt's - they never recognise themselves, so he'd probably just end up singing and dancing and telling you how he was in the original cast of Annie.

As Annie of course.

"Yes luvvy i used to have a shock of the reddest hair"

*Hoof Hoof Tap, tappety tap tap*

It's the hard knock life for us

natural choice of career when you're granny's Shirley Temple

Tommorra, tommorra, i'll Walt ya tommorra, you're only a personality away.........

I offered to take my walt to the over his problem........but he DISNEY wanna go.

So is he *mostly harmless*, or is he likely to get you embroiled in some international intrigue

Well, i THINK he's mostly harmless. I mean he makes me roll with laughter at some of his more ridiculous claims.

Trouble is........what happens if somebody actually swallows all the old nonsense? He could range an army of gullible souls to take over the world.

Actually, i expect he already owns the world, i'll ask him

Perhaps he was ..... The Man Who Sold The World ..... to inhabitants of that passing that just flew in from Arizona.

Nah, he owns Arizona, and all the spacecraft have to pay tolls

I think I know Walt, is he also called Dr Evil

Yes !!!!!! That's the fellow

But he's sneaky Fez, he's been using an anagram alias for the past week, and has moved to the South of Hootoo.

Watch out for the man they call...........Ed Virl. Mawahahahaha

I've gotta go now - work tomorrow

See ya mate, have a great day......at work.......while i'm off for the week

Tata now *waves*