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

I yet again failed to notice Munchkin had shaved off his Sideburns!

In China, February 14th is known as "Love day".

(Not entirely unconnected to last posting...)
Chinese condoms are usually 52mm in width.

...Which is not quite wide enough....

Shoelaces length:

2 pairs of holes - 45cm
3 pairs of holes - 45/60cm
4 pairs of holes - 60 cm

Not strictly useless in the same sense but this is by far the most interesting thread I've ever found anywhere and I've been reading the backlog since 3.30 and only just got to the 2nd set of red dots!

I'm impressed! You'll be trying to read the backlog of the "Tell us a joke" thread next.

Back log

I think I have heard of them,

never read any my self

manda

Actually Aurora, I was thinking of reading that. Maybe I should just start at the first ever post and work my way through the entire ask h2g2 conversation list?

Did someone recommend using shoe laces instead?
Apparently Casanova tied his sheep gut condoms with ribbon, ( Colour unspecified).

Guangxi girls flirt with their tongues out!

The phone on my desk has two large black buttons. One says 'Outgoing' and the other says 'Answer'.

The pigeon is the only bird that can drink water without throwing its head back.

King Charles 1st was the only king to be shorter at the end of his reign than when he started... (I think)

J.J

My headphone lead reaches from my computer right to the door of my office, which is good cuz I don't have any interruptions to my music while getting stuff from the printer. But it does have the added downside of the 'getting-yanked-back-by-head-when-walking-further-than-headphone-lead-extends' scenario happening just as I'm walking out of the office door, so anybody in the corridor at the time see me half come out of my door, only to get whipped back in neck first with legs following..

Life is not being prticularly nice to me today

Durring the space race, the U.S. spent a few million dollars for a pen that worked in space. Russia (then still the U.S.S.R. I believe) use a pencil.

It depends how you define useless .
What is useless to one person may be very usefull to someone else
although i have to admit i dont know how knowing that
Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
could be usefull , unless your are thinking of keeping one has a pet and want to work out food costs

In China most divorces are administered by the police....

I can't be bothered to check the b/log to see if someone has already mentioned this, but...

The longest single word type-able using the left-hand side of a computer keyboard only is 'stewardesses'.


Geggs