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

Maybe.... my husband might get put off me, though!

Actually, I'm thinking that I can say I'm working at our other site for a week, and then stay at home - or at least spend most of my week travelling between sites.

fatkelli, got to agree with you about gingernuts. But morning coffee are a close second, surely?

I'm thinking about sex..... I just wrote an Email to my who I am visiting over the weekend I'm also thinking of the evening myself, lodger and our guest are to have this evening, the main ingrediants for which is the red wine I'll be getting this afternoon from the wine merchants, and steak which we'l also be buying this afternoon from a butchers I'm also thinking about my eyes which feel 'gritty' and if I should go wash my face and splash some water about, in addition I'm pondering when the rucksack will arrive but mainly thinking about sex...

Apologies for topic drift which follows

but I love this and had to share

Policy

Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on string and put stairs under it. Before long, an ape will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the Banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the apes with cold water.

After a while, another ape makes an attempt with the same result - all the apes are sprayed with cold water. This continues through several more attempts. Pretty soon, when another ape tries to climb the stairs, the other apes will try to prevent it. Now, turn off the cold water. Remove one ape from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new ape sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his horror, all of the other apes attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
Next, remove another of the original five apes and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm. Again, replace the third original ape with a new one. The new one makes it to the stairs and is attacked as well.

Two of the four apes that beat him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are participating in the beating of the newest ape

After replacing the fourth and fifth original apes, all the apes which have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced. Nevertheless, no ape ever again approaches the stairs. Why not? Because that's the way it's always been around here.

And that's how company policy begins....

Excellent, Feisor!

Now all I've got to think about are sex, the weekend, apes and company policy.

I wonder if they all go together in some way

Jab

I think about going to St. Anto and having the gretes party of my life or staying at home and learning for my math test!

I sympathise

Maths? Don't talk to me about Maths...awful, isn't it...

Just chemistry is as awful!

*wipes tears away from eyes*

What a brave, brave person you are!

Jab

I'm thinking about food. Again.

-that's what I'm thinking about

I'm thinking about logging off and going home

And trying NOT to think about food...

I'm thinking what that horrible music is and why I can never find a warm coat in winter.

I'm thinking it was nice to have a visit from B'Elena on my site

Jab

I'm thinking it probably wasnt a good idea to let my hamster drink my coffee, it'll be hyper all night now

I'm thinking about going to the newsagents and the bakery in about half an hour and getting food so I'm thinking about food I'm also thinking about when I should get a shower and how much time I've got left before I need to book a taxi and get a train... and a ss a result of that joruney I'm mainly thinking about sex...

I like a Glenda Jackson quote:

"If I'm acting and I want to cry I think about my sex life. If I want to laugh I think about my sex life"

I'm thinking about the police shooting from last night and wondering how the police approach such a case when they have virtually unlimited resources.

Also hearing about George Best's condition.

Thinking about food/lunch and sex this afternoon and the boring train journey and wondering if I've transferred sufficent MP3s onto the new MMC card

i'm thinking about smohed duck fttucine in a zinfendel-gogonzola reduction and a tasty oaky pinot noir to wash it down.

that was smoked and fettucine, was NOT thinking abouy my typing!