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

I think the question we should be asking is WHY would he do it

Some ladies can be VERY demanding...

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Well what else would you do with a lime on Dutch TV apart from stretch sensitive parts of your anatomy around it?

I've NEVER asked anyone to be creative with a lime, ask Excelsior if you don't believe me

I never suggested you had, m'lady. What you and Excelsior do with fruits and foodstuffs outside the confines of this community is entirely your own business, and I wouldn't dream of prying.

All I'm saying is that in that situation, and with a lime obviously 'to hand', there was only one thing he possibly could of done.

Apart from make a very small, very bland fruit salad.

Well, I assume he had a couple of plums...

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Key Lime pie is good and I can make a Lime Merangue pie, I like limes but not as a plaything

>The standard test for capacity of a foreskin is 10p pieces...

What, a proper one, or one of the new teeny ones?

I actually dropped into this thread to say something along the lines of it might be the making of an interesting guide entry...


Having seen the topic drift I'm not sure

(Although it is highly educational)

You have a point there Whisky. Any volunteers?

Clearly the old ones, a test developed in the mid 19th century.

It was known as Gladstone's Florin experiment

"it might be the making of an interesting guide entry..."

What, how to measure the capacity of the foreskin?

Bez was the "vibe disseminator" or "vibe controller" depending on how fluent Shaun Ryders speaking skills were that day.

I suppose Dutch TV is also the only place where you would be allowed to do that with a lime.

Could we count the guy standing in front of symphony orchestras waving a stick? Is he doing anything that couldn't be done by a large metronome?

The short chap that lives on the French underground?

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I'm old and boring now. The last concert I attended featured The Offspring, over five years ago. They had a do-nothing guy, who came out from backstage at random times. Sometimes he provided some shouts which could be loosely described as backing vocals, but otherwise he added nothing.

That's the only time I've ever seen this phenomenon, and I used to consume concerts at the rate of 1-2/month. It depends on your scene, I guess.

I can't believe I'm about to defend the Spice Girls... but this commentary about them not having distinct voices seems silly to me. When you have five vocal parts going at the same time, blend is very important. Otherwise, you get a cacaphony. Compare the dulcet tones of En Vogue with a gospel choir, and you'll see what I mean. Music should be in harmony, not in competition.

And that guy doing the waving baton thingy is actually doing much more than a metronome. It's not just timing, he's also shaping the dynamics of the piece, and the dynamics are what make music evocative. Replace him with a metronome, and you'll end up with a piece as emotionally exciting as a .midi file.

>>And that guy doing the waving baton thingy is actually doing much more than a metronome. It's not just timing, he's also shaping the dynamics of the piece, and the dynamics are what make music evocative<<

Yeah, but can he get a lime under his foreskin?