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

*her tummy rumbles rather loudly*

/* Laughs so hard he swallows his PAG */

*swings down to the order window*

Ook! [Gimme a banana taco happy meal.]

*aside* Ook ook. [This is the posse what beat up the gobolds!]

Strange how the militant, jungle ape can only speak in Ookish, but the one working the drive-thru window speaks English. In our own time, apes working the fast food restaurants wouldn't generally be bilingual.

Maybe he said something he doesn't want us to understand.

Maybe the short-order ape is wearing orchids.

*Pilots the raft to the 2nd branch*

That is rather odd, isn't it?

*Appears at the second branch, wearing a different hat and a much more respectful attitude.*

Here's your order.

*Heaves several green garbage bags into the raft and hands over a huge tray of drinks. Notices that some of the customers recognise him.*

We're short-handed today. A bunch of the other customer relations Apes got called in for recruitment duties.

Enjoy your meal and have a nice day.

*McApe waves, his orchid bracelet flapping.*

Hey ! Not so fast ...... where's our Happy McMeal PVC bendy-bobble-head Lots-O-Trash McToy collectors sets ?

*Eats his fruit fries*

Oh yes, I'm collecting the My Little Jungle set, have you got one with a lion?

I'm sorry, sir, but those had to be discontinued after the last collector riot. But if you really want some, I've heard that you can still get them on Monk-ebay.

*The Pun-Tolerance gauge on Affy's OmeGauntlet just shot dangerously close to the red line and issued a beeping noise. Affy checks the gauge, wondering why on Earth he hooked this thing up to the Orange Button*

*meekly*

um, errrr, I was, ummm, thinking that you might, errr, maybe consider letting me go so I can have some of this food.

I'd cross my fingers for if they weren't tied up.

There's a nice table over there in the shade -- we can see in all directions, too.

All this stuff smells wonderful! *starts eating her fruit fries*

Let's give GDZ a break and assume we're parked.


*leaps off the raft onto the flat, wide branch, goes to the carpet and unties Red Dog, then has a close look at Amos* No change.

*digs into the garbage bags and finds a foil-wrapped lump with "GCCB" scrawled on it* Mine!

Are there any objections to untying Red Dog?

*Walks over to Red Dog to begin the untying process*

*Sees the congregation around Red Dog and goes over to do his part.

Unties the rope around his left baby finger.*

*looks up gratefully at Affy and Garius*

*Unties a rope around an ankle*

You know, I could just pull out my sword and slash these things straight off. It'd save a lot of time.

*Unties a few more knots, freeing most of the fingers on RD's left hand.*

Ooooo, is your finger normally that white?