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

>> Understanding irony in a non-ironic age is itself ironic.
Common sense is uncommon, too. <<

You sound more and more like Ben Franklin every day.
A true diplomat and wit.

~jwf~

Ben Franklin is a pretty high goal to aspire to, one which I will never rise. But thank you. It is said that Franklin had numerous personas, and that you could go mad trying to figure out which one was the real Franklin.

Hmmm. Should I be working on extra personas?

My other persona is a 25 year old Casanova, my wife says I need to work harder on that!

Casanova was also a librarian, so he must have been well-read.

may be I will get 50 shades of whatever colour it is, learn it off by heart and impress my wife. or perhaps become a librarian!

Don't you need to be born a librarian (or any other star sign for that matter)?

The synchronicity of 9 years ago is easy to work out - in fact simple as BBC - but what made us search out the newly rescued Hootoo (of which I was unaware) at this particular time?

JT

Librans are, indeed, born. Librarians generally choose librarianship as a career, perhaps not realizing that they 1. will be too busy reading book reviews to read many actual books, 2. will spend a lot of time unjamming the computer printers, 3. will often find that "where's the bathroom?" will be the most frequent reference question they answer sometimes, and 4. will be respected as great computer gurus by the public because they know how to turn the computers on, and scroll up or down .

I can turn my PC on and off and I can scroll without reading the instruction book (which is just as well as it is all in Chinese and I only read Japanese, and Inuit) so I guess I qualify as a librarian which is O.K. except I was born an Arien (April 19th if you are thinking of sending expensive gifts). Does that make me a member of the master race even though my skin colour is a kind of dusky brown?

As a Taurus, I can only express my gratitude that nothing you mentioned was red. One of my fellow librarians was an expert astrologist. She has her own website. She often talked about Mercury retrograde, which made little sense to me, unless she meant falling thermometer readings.

Mercury retrograde, Mercury overtaking the Earth in its orbit, creating the optical illusion that its briefly moving backwards against the backdrop of the stars.

In astrology, Mercury being the governing planet for Gemini, adjacent to Taurus in the Zodiac, its supposed to carry some Geminian traits over into Taurus, affecting communications.

Don't make important decisions, start new jobs, sign contracts, install new computer software, etc.

to hide in a cave

Wait, the last mercury retrograde ended Feb. 11, so I'm, safe.

But it is Monday the 13th.

That was a temporary problem. It is now the 14th. Us procrastinators love to solve problems by waiting for them to go away of their own accord.

as my problems are self made i suppose they will never go away no matter how much I procrastinate

Look on the bright side: you have the opportunity to polish and burnish them, so that they shine and sparkle . Eventually, they will give you fantastic material for that great novel or memoir that's inside you .

I have been trying to write the Great Cornish novel for the last 60 years. Unfortunately it is still inside me

Having a novel inside you may be hazardous to your health. Have you tried emetics?

Speaking of emetics:

"Rhubarb, rhubarb, mumbo, jumbo,
Tickety boobarb, yak yak yak."


[From "Stop the world, I want to get off"]

if the world stopped we would all go flying off. Could be fun I suppose