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

Okay, is it just me, or do the best entries in the Guide get their, um, best-ness from the fact that they look at the topics covered in a way which is new and fresh? I mean, using a tree to pick up people? Or one of my favorite bits: "It always pays to remember, however, that fire is hot. Fire is very, very hot. If it can make small animals crispy, just think what it can do to your fingers."

I mean, yes, fire is hot. Of course it is. But the phrase 'make small animals crispy' -- as a _beneficial_ effect -- now that's entertainment.

Not that this has anything to do with my recently approved (and edited) Guide entry. I say carry on, editors -- just look at all of the words out there that are sorely lacking in the letter U! Good God! Even this journal entry is infected, what with the word 'favorite' up in the first paragrauph!