A Conversation for Talking Point: h2g2's move to the BBC

The downtime should be called...

Post 1

The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin

A lunchbreak.


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Post 2

beeline

I think it should be called Rupert. smiley - smiley


"In the Time of Rupert, there was darkness across the land, and rumour and unrest were rife. But then came a new light from the West, shining out across land like a beacon of hope... (fade to lone fearfully bemuscled rider galloping across windswept, smoking moorland...)"


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Post 3

Abi

Rupert gets my vote! smiley - winkeye


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Post 4

The Researcher formally known as Dr St Justin

Always reminds me of a red jersey and a chequered scarf though...


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Post 5

Inkwash

"Rupert you're a wonderful... downtime.
"A really, really wonderful downtime"

smiley - erm


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Post 6

Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic.

I know FOOP got the popular vote while we were on Yahoo but I still think The Interregnum is the best name. Not only is it a really cool sounding word smiley - cool it carries with ot a sense of occasion and mystery to and it's literally correct too, It means *grabs V. Large Dictionary*:

"A period when normal government was suspended; especially between successive reins or regimes."

There was some objection to this on the grounds that H2G2 wasn't lording over us like a government and the dislike of the term "regimes". but I think it kinda sums up the grand occasion of the commnity co-existing on Yahoo as well as other places of refuge while H2G2 became part of the Beeb.

Clive (Hey I'm a Warlord, regimes are in my blood...) smiley - winkeye


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Post 7

Inkwash

...and regime needn't be a dirty word.


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Post 8

Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit)

Erm... I did have a good word - but its gone!

I thought H0G0 was pretty good though.


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Post 9

beeline

How about "The Great Collapsing Hrung Disaster"? smiley - winkeye


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Post 10

Wumbeevil

I liked the "Nowhere2go2" someone posted in another place.

Good sounding and factually inaccurate, what more could you want?

*raises smiley - bubbly *

Cheers!


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Post 11

Shea the Sarcastic

I quite liked "Nowhere2go2" as well. Can't remember the name of the place I first heard it though. Some vague, blurry, very non-gooey place...


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Post 12

hagbard

"The Long Dark Teatime of the Guide" perhaps... smiley - winkeye


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Post 13

Notquiteallhere - the Conversation Assassin

I'd just like to submit "The Traumatic Episode" as a possible candidate! If you read some of the early posts on Y!Groups, you'll see this name fits with the emotions expressed therein! smiley - winkeye

NQAH


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Post 14

Wumbeevil

It came back to me earlier when I let loose an exclamation of joy at hearing h2g2 was back, but I forgot it again when I saw my home page smiley - sadface

Ah well...

*pulls out a mop and bucket and wearily goes to clean up his page*


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Post 15

Inkwash

"The Traumatic Episode" it shall always be in my mind.


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Post 16

Martin Harper

The Age of Real Life

now happilly over... smiley - winkeye


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Post 17

Mikey the Humming Mouse - A3938628 Learn More About the Edited Guide!

Downtime? What downtime? Admittedly, the calendar jumped quite abruptly from somewhere in late January (I think???) to March 13th, but that's just a random blip in the space-time continuum. Any memories you may have of the intervening days are simply figments of your imagination, possible induced by government-sponsored psychodelic warfare.

smiley - smiley
Mikey


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Post 18

Shellers (Master of wit and ready repartee)

How about ermmmm - The Downtime?


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Post 19

MaW

No, that's too... RL-ish. I quite like Rupert smiley - smiley


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Post 20

FABT - new venture A815654 Angel spoiler page

Which chapter of hitch hikers was it when zaphod went down the total perspective vortex thingy?

it would be appropriate because I certainly found the loss of h2g2 put things into perspective

FABT


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