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

...I finally did get down to writing that new entry I said I was going to write, and now it's written. So, erm... well I was going to say "so go read it," but... ahhh... okay, go read it, but only if you want to. Otherwise... er, otherwise you'd better be doing something far more interesting, or I shall never forgive you...

Read and enjoyed. Especially the bit about pretentious bathers.

*waves* Hi Jonny!

Thank you.

Are you going to submit it?

It's about time I submitted something new, I had my Zzzzzzzzzzzz article rejected (what a surprise!) by beeline and Ant the other day, that gives me a rather pathetic 1/3. I was thinking of writing something on golf, only quite a few people have already done that and I'd have had to do too much research to find out who said the things I wanted to quote. I'm a lazy git at heart. And on the surface too.

*shrug* It's submitted...

Ant AND beeline rejected it? That's pretty harsh innit? Most of us make do with one rejection...

No worries about your 1:3 ratio, anyway. I have three real entries on file, and I really only minorly contributed to all of them. I've written and submitted... erm, I don't know how many... but none has been accepted on its own merits. So... you know.

No we didn't reject it personally, we we're just there when the rejection email was sent Jonny

I like the 'We' article, cool

You went again? Cool! You better have said hi to everyone for me.

Jonny, 1/3 isn't that bad, really. While editing, I average about 20% acceptances, and the only Entries that don't have me credited as 'Editor' are Driving Etiquette and the Long Weekend, to which I only contributed a few lines apiece. To go from 33% to 20%, you could write *two* more and have them rejected, so you're well ahead of the curve.

Yes, but, well dammit, I should have let it lie after the first one was accepted!

That's the problem. The acceptance mail is kinda cool to get, so you want to keep getting it, right?