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

It may not be strictly relevant here, but when someone uses the phrase "at the end of the day", I always want to answer "it becomes night" for some, probably arsey reason

If what they are trying to say is a fact, then it is a fact, no matter the time of day

"He was very unimpressed" doesn't make sense to me. To be 'impressed' implies that your mind has been altered. To be unimpressed suggests no alteration, it's a lack of impression, which is very different from the intention of the phrase.

As Roger McGough said,

When all is said and done, there'll be nothing more to do or say.

"On behalf of myself and..."

How can you do anything on behalf of yourself? It's nonsense.

RF

>>"On behalf of myself and..."

"The man himself"

Who else would it be, other than the man 'himself'? It couldn't be the man 'someone else', could it.

jwf: Yes the calendar is certainly very common. I just don´t see the era as being so, that´s why it´s a stupid expression.

In Scotland one term that makes no sense is, "I'll take my hand off your face," meaning I'll slap you.

What about forty winks?

"Human interest story"
These sort of stories are of no interest to me, so the phrase is an over-generalisation at best.

What all of them?

Like just now on the news they said about the guy who has just reached Australia after flying from the UK in a microlite, and he's paralysed from the waist down.

I like this story.

Doesn't "human interest" mean "no-one died"?

RF

Civil War? Fighting for peace!

That if we get scared or increase security, the terrorists have won. No, scaring people is the means of the terrorists, not the end goal. They win if we give in to their demands.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Not missing breakfast will help you to lose weight.

I've never been one to eat breakfast ( never, ever had time!) so how does adding another meal to the day make weight loss occur?

I think the one about the importance of breakfast is true.

It's because of the speed of the body's metabolism. Apparently, if the body goes without food for a long time (let's say from 7pm to 1pm the next day - 18 hours), the metabolism slows down in case there is to be a prolonged period without food. So breakfast is a "loss leader" - the body takes in more calories, but burns off more than it takes in.

Plus, toast is lovely

That fits in my "dispute a given" thread. Which has got lost in the annals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/F19585?thread=8244409 Google found it in no time flat

I wonder could I rent a "no time flat". It'd be a great place to stay on lost weekends.

What's a time flat? Is that where Dr Who lives?

Yiz are very funny