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

I asked my Facebook friends to join me in the following experiment and now I am asking my Hootoo friends to do the same:

Finish this sentence with two things you find appropriate and desirable:
"At the end of the day there is..."

For example:
"At the end of the day there is ... red wine and moonlight"



PS: At some point I will try to edit everything into a poem

Here are the responses I have recived so far:

"Painkillers and bed. At least for today"
"sleep and dreams"
"A warm hand taking yours and words of hope"

[hold on, more to follow shortly]

"cocoa and a good book"
"a comfortable bed and radio 4 extra"
"you and me"
"an electric blanket warmed bed & a good book"
"beer - and more beer"
"a warm bed with a good looking woman in it; failing that the radio"
"twilight - then stars"
"justice" [Where "at the end of the day" is an expression for a longer time period]
"good music and a beer"

"not enough sleep to get ready for the *next* day"

Friendship and love

(I had a good sociable evening with reminiscences today ♡ )

I was thinking of all manner of silly... then sensible... then ... - SashaQ said it for me. thankyou!! spot on!

(OK; I did try think for a while; for a better... sillier... or just more... daft way to say the same thing... but I coudln't think of anything ... better!; )

There's still time, we are in no hurry

Just not let this keep you sleepless, 2legs
you've already experienced far too much of that

for all your contributions so far

"midnight snacks and pillow talk"

...a cold beverage and a quiet doze on the front porch as the sun sets and night falls.

...my night-time meds and a balanced meal before bed around midnight.

At the end of the day there is Sir and padlocks.

suitably me? hmm. actually that is just a description of last night apparently sleep is aided by being cuffed and collared . I'm starting to weird myself out now.

I probably wouldn't answer this as that expression drives me mad!

If I was prosaic with an answer, I would say "Night. And oh God, yet another day after that!"

"...that expression drives me mad!" [TC]

Really? Why is that

Cuddle my cat Simba.
Read or watch the TV.
Try to knit.
Whale song/sound of sea relaxation YouTube videos.
Look at the night's sky.
Talk to my cat.
Eat stilton cheese before retiring.

EV-erybody has started saying "at the end of the day" - when they mean "in the end". Why say 6 words, when three will do?

"In the end" has intimations of mortality that "at the end of the day" doesn't have.

Of course, there's the familiar tale of the Zen master who, no matter how clear cut a pattern seems to be, always says "We shall see."

“The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.”
[Terry Pratchett]

You are right in that clichés should be used with care, TC.

But abbreviate a sentence just to save words and time?

"Romeo loves Juliet who loves Romeo but their families are against it and in the end they both die"

Satisfied?

At the end of the day it's nice time to put your feet up and unwind by listening to some relaxing music.

At the end of the day, I set my clock ahead an hour, for it is the start of Daylight Savings Time.