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

Hi Sol!

(and as a further coincidence, sun is sol in Swedish)

IIEM, latte please.

Hey!

Something by Gargage .......Rain down something something something.....

*suddenly realises she has set it to the tune of a song by the Sisters of Mercy and hids under the table in shame*

*muffled*
Garbage. I meant Garbage.

Solnushka means sun in Russian too. Well, technically: cute little sunny wunny uchie coo.

Sun, what's that?

Anyway, in here it's warm and cosy.

The sun: Big fiery ball of plasma visible from the other side of the world, or from just outside your office, whenever you're inside it.

*looks outside*
Nope, that's a lamppost. A wet one.

sun (sn)
n.

1. A star that is the basis of the solar system and that sustains life on Earth, being the source of heat and light. It has a mean distance from Earth of about 150 million kilometers (93 million miles), a diameter of approximately 1,390,000 kilometers (864,000 miles), and a mass about 330,000 times that of Earth.

2. A star that is the center of a planetary system.

3. The radiant energy, especially heat and visible light, emitted by the sun; sunshine.

Oh, yes! I've heard rumours about that

Yeah, well that's the nerdy way of putting it!
Seriously though, I see through my window that the sun is about to shine through the clouds! Maybe this'll be a beamingly jolly day after all!

...or not as the case may be. But I don't care. The heating came on in my flat yesterday, and all's right with the world.

*drains the last dregs*

Time to go. Catch you later.

Bye Sol, see you later!

*sips latte*

Bye Sol! Have nice one in your newly heated home!

*Blows in through the door with a pile of leaves, before landing with a bump on the floor*

Owwwww.....

I was just having the strangest dream...

*Looks round* Mmmmmmnnnnnn.....

Maybe if I walk around for a while, it will all come back to me. *Exits towards Magic Forest*

Nu loeser solen sitt blonda har...

Hi Vladimir, what did you dream?

Hello Vladimir!
Goodbye everyone! Time for me to take my leave.
*stumbles happily out door and into the fresh sunny afternoon. (That's what I get for living in eastern Norway)

I should be gone as well, but I need a new umbrella.
Or an anti-humidity force-field. Anyone have a spareone?

Just think happy thoughts, Bee. Why not sing a bit?

A few other nerdy stuff about universe:

Planet Earth has an exceptionally big moon, compared to other planets. In fact, our Moon is in size one quarter of Earth. That makes it big enough to keep Earth from wobbling while rotating.

However, the tidal waves are pushing Moon away from Earth, about 5 cm per year.

If Earth looses Moon, it WILL start wobbling. This means that one day the Equator could be in Norway, and the next day in Australia, and the North and South Pole would be moving around accordingly.

I know the humans are (together with rats) the most adaptable(?) species on Earth, but who could adapt to such rapid changes of temperature and weather?

But it seems this scenario is still far away in the distant future, and before that perhaps mankind has found another planet to live on, or found a way of anchoring Moon to Earth...

I'm sure he was just at the bar buying a croissant.

Fat bloater! He's had three already!

Well, better get on home...

IIEM, coffee to go please. Bye everyone, see you later!

*waves*
*Jingle*