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

Am I the only one annoyed that the head lid doesn't line up with the body?

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Which Kettle is involved? Ma or Pa?

(Ma and Pa Kettle were hillbillies in a series of movies in the late 1940/early 1950s. Marjorie Main played Ma Kettle. Hillbillies get a bad rap, but economical eating would play a part in their lives, as they aren't likely to have much of a food budget. This looks like an economical meal.)

A Pot Noodle costs about £1 each and for preparation simply add boiling water. Being a staple of any student's diet, h2g2 has two Edited entries about 'em: A143650 & A1091486

Pot Noodles are often mentioned in 'Red Dwarf' as being inedible - even by Lister's standards.

(If there were a Ma and Pa Kettle, presumably they had children?)

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Ma and Pa Kettle (who were actually from Washington State, being originally characters from 'The Egg and I') did, indeed, have children.

Many of them. In each successive movie, a young actor who needed a boost would play their recently-grown-up kid who needed to have an adventure and get married. The rest of the kids would run around and make messes in a hilariously ramshackle farm.

In between the comedy routine of Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga2FYzqlZDI

(Marjorie Main reminded me so much of my grandmother...)