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

Alec,
Grandma always said -You can't escape your upbringing" .
It's like the white shoes thing. Even though that rule doesn't apply in Florida .

...sorry she wmbo, the white shoes thing rings a bell but could you define it for me please ?

alec.

Never before Memorial Day, or after Labor Day. One of the many useless rules my mother pounded into my head..

...erm... thanks, that clears it all up then.

i guess i don't need to ask why labour day isn't May 1st like the rest of the world huh...

alec ,

I have no idea..perhaps someone ought to research that one.

for me the white shoes thing extended to all major articles of clothing, unless one was wearing a white dress shirt. Weird.

A pressed white dress shirt is almost always in style.

Mostly

Hey Spoo. Yep, unless you're a bride. But there is that interesting shade known as winter white for ladies clothing. My mother's explaination being white is reserved for summer only. Why? Because she said so-I do come by it honestly

Hey, can I join?

Plato
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
U178328

but of course!
it's always nice to see na new face around here

Sweet!

s all round!

may I ask, fellas, what are these things after your names: [**=] ?

and why don't I have one?

It's the US flag: [**=] (stars, bars... get it?) (Took me a while, and I'm supposed to be visually attuned...)

Aren't the stars and bars usually displayed in a St. Andrews Cross?

I don't find a St. Andrew's Cross on my keyboard - is that some new and subtle Windows' trick to dominate the world? (Mac rocks!) My Southern sensibilities were showing: I should have called them 'stripes' not 'bars'. Ready, as ever, to subvert the dominant paradigm... I suppose, though, you're wondering why I called y'all here. I've started a new thread for us to discuss alternative histories of the South at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F71235?thread=147516&post=1416880 I'd have stuck it here, but I thought it might get enough of a reaction to warrant its own li'l chunk of cyberspace. You'll recognize it by the fact that it's sitting in the front yard up on cinder blocks. Ye-haa! -7are_my_roots_showing?7

Yea, that's what they are...

[**=]

alternatively: /**=/

ah
and here I am, an artist, and I didn't see it
all I was seeing was a face
a *very distorted* face, but a face

You're an artist as well? Cool!

Ah ha. I am Cap'n Observant.