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

The frogs? You mean the French? it's already happened. In 2005, locusts invaded France.

"saying from original Star Trek by Doc McCoy"
It's life Jim! But not as we know it!

THAT will be the saying in 50 to 100 years time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

It is interesting to note how many times turn up in science fiction. In The Hitchchiker's Guide we meet the Star for example. Widely held to be the most totally evil place in the

And I distinctly remember the German tv series from the 1960's "Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion" in which the most dangerous opponents were extraterrestrial beings called the

I've just checked. The plagues are:

water turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children.

At least we can be fairly sure that in these summery temperatures, we might be spared the hail.

Don't jinx it! Even deep down in Germany you can have sudden hail storms with hails the size of in the middle of summer

Check this out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3ih4qE8ygA

More if you google 'hagel so groß wie tennisbälle'

We sometimes have summer hailstorms, too.

But they don't get so big that you can hail taxis and buses.

You can always hail taxis in Germany. For instance His Grace Prince Albert II, 12th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

He's lucky his parents didn't name him Cabell. Everyone would call him Cabby.

I'll tell him next time I meet him

is that fare?

"I've just checked. The plagues are:"

The worst plague this planet has ever had and has still got, is mankind!
"we" screw everything up, even if it's with "good intentions" to benefit all etc