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

This should have been done 7 hours ago, but hey. This caretaker has just had a full night's sleep. something which hasn't happened in utter yonks.

This thread is now open for coffee, tea, non-alcoholic specialties, and assorted munchies from all over the world. Our in-house orangutan remains unbeaten at Scrabble.

You are welcome to join us.
No soliciting.

First one to this thread!
*Puts v/_\B on, and washes up*

Since it's you, dear, you can make your own FTTF special

Me, I'll have the A L Special. I'll be out for the next few hours though, unfortunately. The car's battery has gone flat and I'll have to get the AAA out and then go get a new battery.

Hello, Bluebottle, hello Lil.*ox enters cafe and steps up to the counter*IIEM, a double dark roast, please. Sorry about your battery, Lil.*with coffee in hand ox finds a table and has a seat*

*BS wanders in late for his morning coffee*

Hi ox

Double Espresso please IIEM.

*sips coffee and relaxes* Things sure have calmed down around here again, but it's never dull.

Hi, BluesSlider...are you the guitarist?

I dabble ox, but I wouldn't say I was *the* guitarist, it just seemed like a good nickname

I dabble myself...Slide guitar recently came to mind as I was making a list of open tunings to noodle around with.

Can I have a nice strong coffee too, please. I'm feeling a bit blue today. I think I'll take a break... *pulls up chair, sits down*

Hi, Peta. I've heard lots about you. I'm ox, new to the scene and new to forums, too.

Hi Ox! So how are you finding things here? *Stirs coffee*

There's always something going on and interesting people and places to share with. The coffee's good, too. Sorry you have the blues today, Peta

The people here are really nice, aren't they? I love the way that they're always thing up new places to hang out. The ideas are really great... Feeling blue, oh well. I've made someone unhappy and it's on my mind, that's all..

Hi Peta

Ox, D and G are the obvious classics, capo on two for E and A...or am I teaching grandma to suck eggs ?

Good morning, all. *Pierrot the parrot flys down from his perch on the rafters onto GL's shoulder and rubs his head against his neck.* Pierrot: Aaaawwk, got any biscotti? *GL hands a biscotti to Pierrot, who flys back to his perch and eats the biscotti, raining crumbs down onto the counter.* Oh, Lil - that game you mentioned where people add one word at a time to a sentence and try to make as long a sentence as they can. It's called cheddar gorge, and I have been playing it for months. It's alot of fun. The idea is that you are not supposed to add a word that makes the sentence a complete sentence. If you do, someone can buzz you and you lose. Also, if the word you add makes the sentence non-sensical, someone can buzz and you have one opportunity to show how the sentence could be completed and still make sense. If you can't you lose. So the game has one loser and lots of winners. If you are interested, the seventeenth edition is currently running at: http://www.h2g2.com/F15752?thread=57358 Note, that this is not spam, as it refers directly to something that someone else brought up, and it is not something that I run :-)

*enters café, goes straight to IIEM*
IIEM, Redbeard's Brew, please
*gets coffee, takes sip*

Ahh... Ok, now I'm alive again.

Hi, Blues, Ox, Peta..

Hey, Ook... How you doing?
>Ook: Ook!<

Hmm...That's the unpleasant part of responsibility, the sad part of relationships. But it's always better to get bad news out of the way.

Hello Ox, that's very true.
And I find that people tend not to be angry at people they really liked for long anyway. Everyone gets annoyed at everyone about something sooner or later, but it very rarely lasts.

Sorry to hear you're blue, Peta. I always find that eating helps Lil's got some great apple pastries here that start with an 'M', but I never can pronounce the name.

Hi, Garius! I missed you on the way in. I've seen the sentence game, but just lurked there without playing. The sentences that get created can be pretty strange! I didn't notice, but has anyone put up a list of some of the completed convoluted statements that come out of it? Could be pretty funny.