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

An original Life, Pringle's Cook mixed with Zozo's gums all contained in hundred year old groceries mixed with croquet balls:
In a Karachi summer no issued forth.

Something declined; what by whom?



[ My first attempt at a QI and maybe my last so do bear with me if I get some things wrong or miss a point and of course I'm 10 hours ahead of you in Blighty so it might take awhile for me to reply.
Clive has been helping me but he's busy at the moment so being impatient I've popped this up (perhaps a bit prematurely) I've probably made it too easy ]

any s?????

gin and tonic

declined by the governor

result

death from malaria

Surprisingly you missed the Klaxo's

Some stuffy old Brit, Major or Colonel probably, turned his nose up when offered curried goats testes by some major maharaja type. The perceived (and no doubt intended) insult sparked a massacre of goats not seen since Dumbo broke through the fence at Mister Ramsay's. It was from these goats that Kashmir sweaters were invented.
Four legs good.

~jwf~

the decline of the british raj

the king turning down the title emperor of india????

Well I've spotted 's in there jwf for Kashmir and curried goats but also a DGI+1 for ranks.

= Kashmir
=curried goat
DGI+1=Ranks

<< bear with me if I get some things wrong >>

subject should be QI - What a recipe

lets all the QI nuts know it one for them

> the decline of the british raj < =

Yes, your right of course Taff. How do I change it (can I change it?)

karachi is in what is now pakistan i believe

was it back when it was bengal???

the koh-i-noor or mountain of light diamond came from there and ended up as the centre piece of the crown jewels, suposedly cursed, was the largest cut diamond in the world at one time

can't change it

once posted on the list its fixed

you could start again before this gets too long and post a link to the new thread

> karachi is in what is now pakistan i believe < Yes it is.

> was it back when it was bengal???< No, Bengal overlaps Bangladesh 1000 k's away.

Yes that diamond was then cut up into the British crown jewels or something wasn't it?

OK, I'll do that.

It's still in the QI list though so if they're subscibed they'll know wont they?

Kashmir and curried goat were s ?

OMG I've got Taff's disease!

~jwf~

I've moved the thread to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/F7180006?thread=7328833&post=92903256#p92903256

Hi Cobber!! Do not worry about the 'QI' prefix...

Been there, done that, got the 'T' shirt!!!

Right then. Logico takes over!!!!

Croquet balls. The game originated in India. Balls originally made of Ivory....(BTW, Polo also originated in India. Their ball was also originally Ivory. Did you know that you hit the ball with the SIDE of the mallet, and not the head???)

Pringle's..(Aw, c'mon pal!!!!! that is a a parsec away!! No klaxon for me! It is in brackets as a comment, not an answer!!!)

So.....

Thinks......

Cook mixed with Zozo's gums...mmmmm.....puzzling at the mo!!

'In a Karachi summer, no issued forth'??????? Perplexed, does not even make sense to me!!!



GT

Don't know where too post now

Answer me on the new one!!!!!


lol
GT