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

Welcome to h2g2! My name is Amy Pawloski aka "paper lady", but you can call me Amy, Amy P, paper lady, or any combination thereof I'm one of the ACEs, or Assistant Community Editors. We welcome newcomers ("newbies") and try to be helpful in general--though you'll find that most folks here on h2g2 are pretty helpful, even if some do come across as a bit strange or abrasive at first If you have any questions, you can ask me by replying to this post, or by clicking my name up there and posting to my Personal Space. Despite rumors to the contrary, I'm not on here 24/7, but I am subscribed to this conversation, and I will see it when I get back online

So, now that you've stumbled upon h2g2 (which you will see some folks refer to as "hootoo" as well--I just never liked that term, aesthetically), what is there to do? My fellow ACE, Vip, has written an excellent guide at A87766366. I'd suggest bookmarking it, though I'm planning on leaving you some links right here, as well. (In case you didn't know, you can get back to any conversation you've replied or subscribed to by clicking on "My Space"--that will bring you back "home" If you feel your Personal Space (PS) is a bit plain, you can check out "Pimping Your Personal Space" at A87679859) If you have a bit more time, you can take the h2g2 Tour at A42445226.

Now, for a bunch of links:

You can find folks to talk to at Askh2g2 at A148907
If you like to write, queries about the Edited/Approved Guide are answered here: A77393154, and Peer Review is at http://www.h2g2.com/peer_review/
h2g2's Create project is at U14992038
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Have a mufflewhump!

Hi Amy,

mufflewhump <---what a perfectly delightful word! I had never heard it before.

Thank you for your message and offer of assistance. I have been a fan of Doug Adams since the 1970's when I read the first American publication of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". I had not visited the H2G2 site since it left the BBC. Re-finding it has been fun.

So far I have just been wandering around the site and reading [reading is probably my favorite pass time]. I also spend time with my family which consist of my Wife, 2 dogs, and a Cat. We live together in a place called Iowa in the USA.

What is the origin of Mufflewhump? It sounds like the sound of a large glop of snow falling off the eave of a house onto an unsuspecting walk way. This assumes that the walkway in question is UN-occupied otherwise the may be less "muffle" and more "Whump"?

I need to get going. Thanks again for your reply. I hope to see you soon.

~j

I'm only a couple of timezones away--I'm on the northern coast of California, 6 hours north of San Francisco

Mufflewhumps were a discovery/invention of a long-gone h2g2er (he never got around to telling me the story behind them, which is why I don't know if they were a discovery or an invention, role-playing-wise) that I've sort of kept around for the last dozen years or so.