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

In what way is the rest of the human race closer to garden peas than it is to Alfred Hitchcock?

(One klaxon available)

Hmm..peas in a pod and The Birds spring to mind, as a starter.

Alphabetically, provided you list Hitchcock under "A".

peas and the rest of the human race don't have cameos in their own films!

I think I know this.

Is this relevant to bellybuttons?

B

Yes, you've got it, Teach.

Care to tell us the full facts?

Peas have a bellybutton! They use it to extract nutrients from the pod in a very umbilical-cord sort of arrangement.

Alfred Hitchcock did not have a bellybutton. It was excised during (I believe) an emergency appendectomy when he was a young man.

B

Absolutely correct.

The points go to h2g2's navel attaché. (I'll give you a bonus if you link to your blu-tac thread...)

Please add any other relevant interesting facts, and I'll score it tomorrow!

Icy

Alfred Hitchcock isn't the only one...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7738144.stm

RF

The Blu Tac thread: F19585?thread=383495

Bonus point to Lil

*bows*

I thangu

Dose anyone remember Surprise peas dried and ideal for a pea shooter

Surprise pees usually result in wet legs

I think I first heard that joke in infant school, WA!

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned BirdsEye Frozen Peas.

Weren't they the original? The whole freezing process was started by Clarence Birdseye in 1910/1920 - I think the first item was frozen fish.

GB mentioned Birdseye in her Entry on Garden Peas, at A6257865.

Scores:

Mu Beta +3 (post 5/6) correct
RF +1 (post 9) others without belly buttons
Lil +1 (post 10) Blu Tac
Feisor +1 (post 16) Birdseye

The unclaimed klaxon was anything related to Psycho (for no particular reason)

Thanks for playing!

Icy