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

Yeah, really they ought to key the auto-flush to a motion senser in the door.

PH: Courtesy flushers.

There are a few men in my building at work who obsessively perform courtesy flushes. When you enter the restroom, they announce their presence with a flush, then they contine to flush with every movement or even more often easily wasting 30 gallons or more.

That's not a flush. That's the loud splashing every time my drops in the urinal.

Today's PH: not being able to find something that should be obvious. One half of my favourite pair of sandals has gone missing from under my dressing table.

Ah! It's turned up in the laundry bag - must have got caught up when sorting the washing. Phew!

Traveller in Time a little annoyed by chance
"Why did I have to suggest laundry does not off by itself
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We only get ten episodes of Game of Thrones per year and they're all broadcast a week apart!

PH: trying to track down the origin of an odd smell. Currently noticing something near my computer.

PH: Rings
My wedding ring caused blisters and broke years ago, and this week my wife's engagement ring had the diamonds fall out and, when I took it to the jewellers, they said it can't be fixed as the metal's bent out of shape and worn too thin.

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That's OK, "diamonds are intrinsically worthless." - De Beers Chairman Nicky Oppenheimer.

http://youtu.be/N5kWu1ifBGU

I'm guessing re-setting is also not worth it?

We lost probably 4-6 of the original diamonds (they were only diddly things) so if we got a new band and new stones it'd be pretty much a whole new ring rather than the original engagement ring.

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I despise those "like" and "subscribe" clips at the end of You Tube videos.


(But thanks for introducing me to Adam Ruins Everything. This guy's awesome!)

there is the Philosopher's Axe argument to be made though - if you don't replace absolutely everything.

Not sure about replacing it, though, as I know I'd be recreating a design that's already failed once...

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Yesterday I wanted to watch a DVD's extras, and the box says on the back clearly states: 'Value Added Material – Trailer – Making Of (39 minutes)'. So I sat back to watch the Making Of, which ended 4 minutes later. 4 minutes later it ended. 4 minutes!
I feel robbed of 35 minutes.
I'd wanted to watch an in-depth detailed making of telling me all about the inspiration behind the story, why it was shot the way it was (with the film's average shot length only 2 seconds), why the actor who plays the doctor plays his character the way he does, how much of the effects were in-camera or miniatures and what happened to the props after the filming finished.
Instead I got to watch a few short interviews with the cast, who said things like 'I play an inspector who tries to catch a serial killer, but finds out that more's going on than he's aware of.'
I know he plays an inspector trying to catch a serial killer – I saw the film. That's telling me the plot, not how they made the film. When I watch a 'Making of' I want to know how the film was made. And if it advertises it is 39 minutes, I expect it to last 39 minutes!

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(Oh, and the trailer lasted 2 minutes, so I hadn't accidentally watched the trailer by mistake).

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It could be worse, I listen to the Better Call Saul podcasts which can be good, but also can be 70 minutes of self-congratulation and people talking over each other. A good section of one podcast was devoted to telling off fans for annoying someone who lived in the house used by Walter White. I didn't listen in to hear other people getting chastised.

Sometimes I think I'm the only person who remembers the days when, if you wanted to buy a film which had DVD extras, you either had to buy a boxset or buy an additional DVD. Such as 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Lost Disc' or 'The Matrix Revisited'.

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"Pirates of the Caribbean: The Lost Disc"

Where does one get this?