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

Solstice today. So fire up those bonfires! Only six months now till the days become longer again!

Also today six years ago h2g2 was saved!

If this doesn't call for a proper celebration I don't know what does



PS to all friends down under: The worst of your winter should now be behind you

Pierce, I will watch online the Stonehenge Solstice ceremony, which is enjoyable.

It does not that long ago when h2g2 was saved.

I was surprised to notice that myself

But it's also three years already since I last went to a hootoo meet

Fruit flies like a banana, as they say

three years?! . . manchester I guess? gosh... that doesn't seem that long in the past - there's always the UK meets in the next few motnhs, whilst Amy P is here, including one again in Manchester

The KRO bar is gone.

So I saw! - that bar was there when I was a student in Manc, doing my masters degree... err... 2001 ish I think

To be honest, if we weren't having our Meet there, I would have never walked in a place like that.

I much preferred the Font and the Crown & Kettle.

I join the Hootoo Solstice celebration too

Kro isn't a place I would usually go to, either, but it did the job of hosting the meet - not the best acoustics for conversation, but the large windows were handy so I saw 2legs and knew I was in the right place!

Kro was - how shall i put this gently? - a very special place. Apparently it should remind you of a Danish countryside inn. It did nothing like that! At all! Believe you me!
But it did the job of hosting a major part of the meet and for that I am grateful.
But I enjoyed The Font and The Crown and Kettle way more to be quite honest.

which was the one with the chocolate fredos...? err... I remember that bit clearest for some reason My most sober meet ever... and with so few memories.... I think i was slightly distracted at the time

You mean they really had the nerve to call a bar "Kro"? as in crowbar?

The were found at The Font

"Kro" is Danish for "inn"

Ah... so it's rather like "shrimp scampi".

To be fair they only called it Kro. But it was a bar. A big one. Not what you would call a pub or an inn and much less a typical Danish kro which looks like this:

http://www.gamlehumlebaekkro.dk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/kroen2.png

Back in the day lots of Danish kros were royally privileged. This had its advantages, but on the flipside they were obliged to serve a hot meal at every single hour of the day.

My dad once reminded a kroejer (innkeeper) about this. He looked very worried and very politely asked if they could agree on a number of smørrebrød (traditional Danish open sandwiches) if my Father would receive a snaps or two on the house. Of course my father agreed and the kroejer sighed with relief

Two crows walk into a bar.
Before they can order their first drink, they get arrested for attempted murder.

Pierce, I love ya, but sometimes I don't understand what you're talking about. This is one of those times.

I got it.

Oh, which reminds me.


An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first mathematician asks for a pint of beer. The second asks for a half pint.

The bartender shouts, "STOP RIGHT THERE! Here are your two pints, now all of you, GET OUT!"

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Great jokes - I particularly appreciate the mathematicians one!

Yes you were distracted 2legs, but in a good way