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

I suspect the latter is apocryphal, but if you would like it I have a program to extend your coffee-cup hold at the mere twitch of a mouse.

Do most mothers have techno-fear, or is it only mine?
Apart from countless other examples of my mother's total non understanding of anything electrical produced since 1953, my favourite example is this:

I bought her a 'simple' answering machine for xmas 3 years ago. I explained its 'simple' operations to her and she even repeated everything perfectly. Just recently though, she told me she had a problem with it.
"How do I empty all the messages?"
On listening to the messages I realised that it had filled up approximately one week after I had bought it for her. The last message on the tape was myself wishing her a happy new year.
But that was 1997 and she admitted to not recieving any messages since.

Are you a fan of Flanders & Swann?

Yes, and I will finish the article on my page, honest. You have, however, given me an idea...... details will follow when I've written it.

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The amorous hippopotamus
Whose love song we know
Is now married and father of ten

He murmurs "God rot 'em" as he watches them grow
For he longs to be single again

No more will he sit by the banks of the Nile
Which Nasser is flooding next spring
No more hippopotamas in silken pyjamas
No more will he teach them to sing...
(all together, now!)
Mud, mud, glorious mud
Nothing quite like ity for cooling the blood
So follow me, follow
Down to the hollow
And there let us wallow
In glorious mud!

If you want any co-=operation with a F&S article, not only am I a huge fan, to the extent of singing the songs with my kids in the bath, but my parents actually went to see "hat" on the London stage.

NB: My F&S songbook has a cover picture by Ronald Searle, illustrator of the contemporary Molesworth books.

Another fan! My parents saw Hat Mk2. I would be delighted if you proof read my article when I've written the rest and suggested improvements.

But of course. Put an orange crate outside your web page to reserve a parking space for me.

It's spelt linux

Why can't you. It's just a matter of typing ç (gives ç)

It's reserved.

Thank you for proving my point, I don't need to add them, you can provide your own.

It's supposed to say: typing ç

My mother, may she rest in peace, was the stereotypical cyberphobic ... She wasn't any slouch on most things... and gadz knows she had most of her appliances tore down more than a repair shop... But not only did she not understand computers, she was definitely -afraid- of them. She blamed all the world's ills on the takeover of computers. Electronics was NOT her gig.

*blinks* ... and you put that in without it translating how?

At any rate... I generally just type ctrl-alt-, ç

My problem with Sagan is understanding his speech. I mean, what does "immense dimensidy of yooman unnerstanding" mean?

I did it by using & (&amp. The reason it translated is the first time I wrote it I previewed it, which translated the &, then when I posted it translated the ç. NTS Don't preview when describing a character.

What's this NTS?

Note to self.

Oh. NTS Don't ask stupid questions.