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

Has your mum come to live with you in Lanzarote, then?

no I am in England paul - I have been for the past 6 weeks. I know it's confusing as I probably sound the same whether I am here or there. But to be honest I am really homesick for the island. It is the first time in my life I have ever felt homesick. A strange feeling. . .

I can be homesick even when I'm home. Sick of home, that is.

[Just kidding!]

and homaphobia is an irrational fear of going home

thanks for that Taff

btw did you notice I got yikesed today in the beer v wine thread? I used a very innocuous word to describe Brits drinking behaviour when abroad. It was a synonym for w

do you think the philther will get this one and yikes me again?

I didn't know there was a beer v wine thread. Does it have to be one or the other? Can't you mix them?

here http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F19585?thread=7605995 Vs

The only drink I can think of where you mix the two is this:

+

which seems a bit strange, but I know people who have drunk it. Can't remember what its called , something with Velvet in the title.,

Velvet Mother of all Hangovers?

no I am in England - I have been for the past 6 weeks

I can have the kettle on in no time

http://www.greatcocktails.co.uk/BlackVelvet.html

Thank you Prof! I may well take you up on the cuppa. And yes, it was Black Velvet that I was thinking about.

any time sweetheart, my door is never locked to friendsas some hootooer's know, who've been