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

Slightly dodgy city across the river from Ottawa. It is part of the "National Capital Region" that politicians are fond of plugging.

Known primarily for the massive federal government buildings at Place du Portage, a bribery attempt by PM Pierre Trudeau, no doubt, for dodgy cheap housing and the Strip, where high school students go to get chatted up by creepy old men, and for the paper mills which make the City of Ottawa smell funny on muggy days.

Hull is also home to a few redeeming features, such as the gargatuan Canadian Museum of Civilization (their spelling, not mine) and convenience stores suitable for late-night beer runs from Ontario.

Hi there! Are you from Hull, Québec? I have been to Canada a few times in the past year and I just love it. No matter where I go. My boyfriend didn't like Saskatoon, but that's because his band had to play in a basement that didn't have a liquor license. You should never take away the band's beer, they get crabby.

My name is Krissy, BTW, and I'm an ACE. ACE stands for Assistant Community Editor, which is basically a polite term for a greeter. I wander around and greet new folks because they may need help and also because I'm fond of talking. Heck, even to myself.

If you have a question you can ask me here, you can click on my name at the top and go to my homepage and ask me there, or you can click here: http://www.h2g2.com/A214796 which is the ACEs homepage and just filled with nice people to meet and interesting links.

You should write a Guide Entry about Hull and submit it to become the definative work.

Talk to you soon!

Krissy

Hiya, I'm not actually from Hull, but I work there. I have a lovely view of the smokestacks from the paper mills and of the sex shop across the street. Lovely, eh?

Do you take bets on the people that come out of the sex shop?

Like, "I'll bet 5 bucks that woman's a MAN and he just bought the extra-stretchy model" and then call over there and find out who's closest? 'cause I'd be really tempted to do that.

I wish! That would be so fun. I hardly ever see anyone going in or out at all, though!! Disappointing.

It was funny when they re-routed the buses due to construction and the bus from Ottaa stopped right in front of it. Imagine all these rather disgruntled public servants awkwardly trying to avert their gaze away from the clear plastic negligées in the display window. It was absolutely priceless!!

LOL!! You should have gotten pictures!

You know what I bet? I bet you never see anyone go in or out of that store because it's not really a store at all but a secret government biology lab.

"Sir! How will we keep people from discovering our top-secret work, Sir?"

"Put the clear plastic negligées in the display window for God's sake! That'll stop 'em. They won't even LOOK over here. Now, go away, I'm a busy man!"

Heh. I think my job needs to give me more actual work to do.