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

Are you serious about Snickers? Some people have no taste... don't you have Topics in the US?

Hmm... I'm terrible at trivia.

Anne Boleyn had an extra little finger on her right hand.

Silly legislation that still exists in the U.S.

• It's illegal to use the Postal service to mail an entire building.
• In Alabama, driving while blindfolded is illegal, but not driving blind.
• In Alaska, feeding alcohol to a moose is strictly verboten.
• Women may not wear pants in Tucson, Arizona
• In Phoenix, Arizona, every man must wear pants in town.
• San Francisco has prohibited elephants from walking down Market Street unless they're on a leash.
• In Connecticut, a pickle must bounce for it to be legally called a pickle.
• Delaware prohibits you from pawning your wooden leg.
• Florida forbids any sexual position but the missionary position.
• In Jonesboro, Georgia, men are not allowed to say "oh, boy" in public.
• In Illinois, the official language is American, not English!
• Chicago, Illinois prohibits people from eating in a restaurant while it's on fire.
• In Lawrence, Kansas, it's illegal to keep bees in your hat.

And for large women...
• Kenton, Tennessee: Women are not allowed to wear a nightgown while cutting or arranging flowers in their backyard.
• Elmira, Michigan: Fleshy women are not allowed to ride a horse to church on Sunday.
• Crawford, Nebraska: Heavy women who are single, widowed, or divorced are not allowed to parachute on Sunday.
• Upperville, Virginia: Overweight women are required by law to wear corsets when attending a public dance.
• Hickory Plains, Arkansas: No woman can be rescued by a fireman while she is wearing lingerie.
• Pickens, Oklahoma: Women over 280 pounds are not allowed to ride a horse while wearing shorts.

A duck's quack is the only known thing that doesn't have an echo, despite Daffy Duck having an echo in the cartoons when speaking down a well.

A Daddy Long Legs has more venom than a black widow spider but nature forgot to give it suitable means to administer the poison as its fangs cannot penetrate skin!!

My dad doesn't like eating pate on sunday!

Phew! Finally slogged through all the posts...

Somebody mentioned much, much earlier that all the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' were set at 4:20. The most likely reason? The police code for a marijuana offense is 420 (when they get a call from the dispatcher, it'll sound something like "We've got a 420 at Such-and-Such street, number so-and-so.)

The average number of legs per person, on a world wide basis, is less than 2.

They put peanuts in Mars bars in the US.

If you want a proper Mars, you have to ask for a Milky Way as I remember.

If you want a Milky Way you have to ask for a Three Musketeers.

Of course, this was in the early 80s, so my info might be wrong.

Okay, I liked the law that women over 280 can't wear shorts while riding a horse. Is there any chance to get a law that says German women can't wear a thong bikini on danish beaches, if they weigh over 280 pounds and is on the wrong side of 50?

Someone told me there was a campaign to get 'fat women banned from beaches, because they take up too much room' in Loaded, or some similar ladmag.

I seem to remember reading of a French beach which banned the larger lady, but that may just be some stereotyping.

There are 8,130 Brown Derby resteraunts in the world today.

Of this 2,129 of these are shaped like a brown Derby hat

Isn't a Brown Derby some kind of desert?

Somewhere on earth, at this very moment, there is a lorry loaded full with almonds.

I'm sure there is more than one lorry load of almonds.

Tonight everyone in Canada will be putting there clocks back one hour - except for those who live in Saskatchewan.

Beth

Sorry to disagree, but tomorrow in Canada, there will a significant number of people getting to appointments late.

Once again, tonight I have been drinking San Miguel!

Roughly 25,000 people are currently sitting in a taxi!

I always forget when the clocks change, which leads to a very confused Sunday.

Have you ever put the clock forward instead of backward.

Or put the clocks forward, just after your partner has, so you end up two hours forward.

Autist - thanks for pointing that out!! I thought it was Saturday when i posted earlier but of course it is still Friday and it is another day before the clocks change!

Beth

Most drinkers in paintings from the 17-18th Centuries appear to be left-handed.