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

Hairy balls !!!

Who is this Harry Balls of whom you speak

And why does he insist on "Love all!"

The band director in my high school was named, no seriously, Harry Dick. It was widely reported that his wife's name was Anita. Never name your daughter Anita. She might marry a Dick, a Koch or a Johnson. The lucky ones, like a local Houston news reporter (sadly deceased now) married a Martini.

I don't get that. Anita as in "a neater" ?

As in 'I need a'.

Ah yes. I forgot that Americans pronounce the 't' and the 'd' the same in that position.

Yes, and also with a Texas accent, we often refer to ourselves in the first person as, "Ah".

Ah... Noticed that

So did Ah

Wah'll, ah'll be goldurned. (sw Oklahoma)

One wonders if the price of one's education in the English language has been wasted.

Forgive me, if you've heard this before:

Two elderly locals were sitting on a park bench when a tourist politely aksed them something in German, which they didn't understand. The tourist tried again in English, French and Spanish but all to no avail, so he shrugged and walked on.

- I'd like to learn foreign language too, said one of the locals
- Why, said the other - this one knew four from the sound of it, and little good did it do him

*giggles*

Reminds me of when dad stopped a cyclist for directions - only to find out he was German and unable to reply in English


Well... What did dad expect, we were in Somerset and they all have funny accents down there

Says the pseudo-Scouser!

Was he from Mein Head?

... He bee ya sydur drinker... *hic*

when on holiday in Spain, while me and 3 mates were in a shop, a 4th was stood outside and a tourist came up and "asked" him something in Spanish - he shrugged his shoulders, the tourist then spoke Germanagain mate shrugged his shoulders and the tourist walked off - mate shouts "what's tha' want t'know mate" - tourist came back and was American and said you looked Spanishand I never thought of english

Or as anagram fanaticists call it Wild men BO