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

ahoy there

okay, ahoy here

the problem is, I'm afraid of

:: disguises all the as ::

there! better?

I'll look nervously at the and and nonchalantly......thanks

i wouldn't worry too much. i just checked all recorded history and there wasn't a single record of a julyflower ever eaten by a

oh well...that's totally reassuring....it's just a nasty experience I had once on the Great Barrier Reef you know

want to talk about it? i'm all ears - and i hear it has a strong therapeutical effect to talk about your traumas








ps: maybe i should add - just as a precaution - that i can joke about this *and* be serious too, if need be so take your pick!

no that's ok - honest - but I'd like to give you this for being so sweet - go on, open it

oooooooh, a ? thanx!

want a in return?

Thanks but I'd better stick to
*looks nervously over shoulder* I'm at work
today little Valentine died (stick insect)
Do you like the - was it just what you've always wanted?

i have never been good at receiving
but yours was lovely

i'm at work too. drinking RL- always gives me a craving for virtual- were do you work and what do you do?

is today going to be called "Little Valentine's Day" from now on?

Nothing interesting...admin stuff
What was the present by the way?? I've forgotten already!
We have a new egg hatched, great news - new arrival Angie!
What is RL?? Strange kind of R L Stevenson??
whoops

RL = real life. a strange concept that takes up a lot of the hitchhikers time

i can't tell you what the present was. i'm afraid i would get moderated

egg hatched please explain

oh go on tell me or I'll keep what does moderated mean anyway?
So much strange stuff on here - what else should I know?

Are you sitting comfortably and I'll tell you about the stick insects. A year ago we had one stick insect egg which hatched out March 17th (Patrick of course) Patrick laid eggs, Valentine hatched out the 1st Feb (alas deceased). Patrick will have a large for his first birthday. We have another 9 eggs still to hatch!
the only insect I could find!

i *like* being d

oops, wrong button

moderated means that if you write something that the BBC thinks that someone else *may* think is bad for someone else to *read* it will be erased

patrick laid eggs? what is the world coming to?

you aren't supposed to like being you're supposed to go

you must have some imagination!! I can't think of a present so strange it can't be mentioned. I don't give like that sorry to disappoint you

I am beginning to suspect our new temp is a ringwraith

maybe you should give the temp the ? it might reveal the temps true self...

I think you very funny nice
we dont give in this office, only on birthdays. I will watch carefully for signs
You will be happy and relieved to know is alive and well though back legs slightly deformed from birth trauma