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

Regugitation is the key.

Henry the Eighth wrote the song 'Greensleeves' and invented the word 'slag'.

aaah, but could he vomit underwater??

back to the underwear question fellas

the polar bear, i believe it were.... does it vomit any particular type of underwear and has a study been done to see what kind of humanoid it prefers to eat based on the regurgitations which one supposes some scientist type fella has found and proven to be that regurgitated by said bear of polar regions..

for example if it has a tendancy to puke (not sure bout the spelling of regurgitation and dont want to comproise myself any further, nor can i be bothered to reach over there for my rather extensive collection of dictionaries to find out) say, thongs or see thru bras (and has anyone studied what size..) we might be able to determine if old PB has 'thoughts and feelings' outside it's own species... and possibly even fussy as to size, shape and sex of victim

on the other hand if there is no set pattern and the range goes from crotchless black lace matching underwear to yellow baggy y fronts with the elastic gone brittle, ......well then he is probably just a run of the mill starving carnivoir....or on the other hand it could have swiped a passing tourist at the zoo and eaten them for the craic!..

oh well

Late medium and famous psychic Doris Stokes was a keen rider of the unicycle.

Well she would have been late if she rode on a unicycle eh!

yeah, late and bruised...

Very true

rather

useless fact number 2490......
when you roll on the floor laughing in capitals.. the picture dont come up..

Aye Bee.............

Is it useless to know that you can't laugh while shouting?

I'd call that useful!

Can you vomit while shouting?

vomit seems to be a recurring theme in here. especially the ability to do it underwater.

random fact, planes were banned from flying over the south pole because the penguins would watch them fly over and then fall over beckwards and be unable to get back up again.

also in Thomas the Tank Engine, Gordon is the Flying Scotman's brother.

It's physically impossible for a Scotsman to vomit while flying...

probably, although that's not something i've come across very often.

The thing about penguins falling over when planes flew past is an urban myth, as can be confirmed on snopes: http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/penguin.htm

mleh. you had to go and spoil it didn't you.

is there a thread for urban myths?

I don't think so - what a useful idea... you going to start one?
W

Any urban myth thread would probably be a conglomeration of bits from snopes and other urban myth sites.

dunno. i can't right now because i have to go in a minute. might do it later if no-one else does.