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

Hi Amy, just saying hi and a little about meeting tomorrow - I hope you don't mind!
First of all, I'd like to say I'm not forcing you into this. I'm pretty sure I'm mostly harmless, but you don't know me, so how can you tell? But then, I don't know you, so how do I know you are safe Well, you seem friendly enough on the guide, so I'll risk it.

If you have any questions, let me know. I'm currently undergoing a battle with the bank about my switch card. They cancelled my old one and I'm supposed to get a new one tomorrow morning in the post. If so, I won't be broke afterall.

So, what's the plan? Well, essentially, I'm arriving at Leeds around 2:45 (hopefully - Virgin train from either Bournemouth or Poole, hopefully it won't be late, but Virgin is unreliable) and Sarah is finishing work at 4:30. At 4:30 I'm going to phone Sarah & meet her probably in the city centre by the Black Prince statue. I thought that while I'm there I might like to meet you. But only if you'd like to - if you don't want to, that's fine by me.
Sarah'll probably be there at about 4:50 - 5:15. As we haven't seen each other for about 5 weeks, I'm sure she'd like some privacy when we meet although you can meet her if you want to. As yet, I haven't been able to phone her and tell her that I'll be meeting you, so it'll come as a surprise!
The other thing is that sadly Sarah doesn't really understand or like h2g2, which is a shame, as I think she'd love it.

How to recognise me. Well, I always wear black, apart from my blue fleece, I'll be carrying a green jaguar bag, and wearing a Don't Panic badge. I've also got long dark hair & glasses. There are very dodgy photos of me here:
http://www.h2g2.com/A230563
http://www.h2g2.com/A330364
Essentially, look for ugly scruffy guy - that's me.

I'm relying on you to spot me - I've not got the knack of spotting anyone I know in a crowd yet. Last time I met Sarah at the station it took us 25 minutes to find each other, and we were on the same platform!

If you'd like to give me your phone number then you can e-mail it to [email protected]. Don't worry - I won't tell it to any double glazing companies etc. I'll probably lose it by the end of the week anyway. I'd tell you my phone number, but as I'll be in Leeds it won't help. I often feel I'm the last person on Earth to not have a mobile.

Well, if you have any questions, let me know. Thanks for agreeing to meet me - remember, you can back out at any time, but I'd love to meet ya!

See you tomorrow!

Matt/Bluebottle

See you at 2:45pm, Virgin willing.

Everything else in your message is total crap. You WILL notice me (or go down in History as the first person not to) and I SHALL buy you lunch (whether you like it or not).

I'm ashamed to admit that I have no idea where the Black Prince statue is at the moment. I've probably passed it a zillion times but I guarantee you'll be there on time provided that Virgin gives me half a chance to do so. If not, I'll take you both out to dinner.

I'll email my phone numbers.

See you tomorrow!

Hmm... okay, so perhaps I talk too much...?
I've just printed out your phone number (silly me, forgot a pen! ) and the statue is fairly city central - in the square bit in the city.

Are you sure the rest was *all* crap?

See ya!

Yes, it was all crap. Trust me, I'm nearly a doctor.

I trust you had a good weekend.

Amy.

I did - yes. And I hope you did too.
Don't worry - I've forgotten what you look like
Thanks for everything though! I was wondering, should we write an official-looking meet-up report for the Guide about our little meet-up?

You can write about it if you want. Just remember that I'm 17, tall, leggy and blonde.

Of course But a mind-boggingly intelligent 17 who can drive.

Of course... and I once was... er, I mean, still am, or something.

BTW this thread now contains much ammo for a Scandals and Rumours thread. I hope no one finds it. Your post up there is particularly ambiguous!

Very true But I'm sure it'll be safe. I don't know how often people read private chat threads - and I've said far worse elsewhere!

You'd be surprised where Styx pokes his nose.

Very true - but he seems to be often ignored, for better or worse.

BTW - great picture of the Bat Boat.
Did you read *all* of the Aircraft articles...?

Of course I did.

Wow, I'm impressed.
Incidently, have you seen a picture of the Princess? She was a beautiful aircraft... I can e-mail you some if you'd like.

~~{I would like to see your pictures even if Amy is too ignorant to reply to you.

[email protected]

}~~

Okay - have done.
But give Amy a chance. One thing I would not describe her as is "ignorant". No-one knows everything, that is true - but even so, Amy does not seem to do "ignorant" - I think it's very unlike her.

But if you'd like to know about the Princess, I recommend you read the article about her here:
http://www.h2g2.com/A385030

Ah, you don't know Amy like I know Amy.

Don't say things like that -- they go to her head which is quite big enough already.

Fern

Ooohhh I just love gossip and that is all I'm gonna say!

All I'm going to say is "I'm hungry"