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

They have become much more mobile since the advent of cheap air travel. They can now be found not only in the Northern Hemisphere but have been seen browsing Ikea in Wednesbury, and surfing on the Australian Gold Coast. Thank you Easy Jet. just try sitting next to one for an hour or 2! Gas!!! never known anything like it.

ok.... so:


a polar bear drank some bundy beer, took off it's underwear and went for a dip. meanwhile, a shark came, swallowed the bear's underwear and then proceeded to vomit it underwater and pass it off as socks...


mmmhmmm...

yep. pretty much

this thread has me rather confused

How do you think the polar bear feels?

maybe some counselling might be in order. having said that most polar bears are sun readers. or the daily sport. amateur gynaecologists.

ahhhhhhh

do you know i think we're getting to the bottom of how they get their paws on all that underwear...

mail order in a brown paper bag.

Did you know that Polar Bear hair is hollow? No wonder they're blonde.

Except the ginger ones, of course.

Reindeer hair is also hollow. Reindeer fur was traditionally used for sleeping bags (fur-side in) for Arctic expeditions because of its excellent insulating properties. It's where the idea for Hollowfibre came from.

my boss has a hollow head
it definitely does not make him any warmer

A quick collection of creatures purported to have hollow hair, according to the ever-reliable internet :

Various Bears
Llamas and Alpacas
The German Short-Haired Pointer
Rhinos (in as much as their horns are made of hair, the hair is hollow)
Elk, Moose, and certain Antelope and Deer, including the Whitetail and the Pronghorn (suspect these were made up by J K Rowling)
Guinea Pigs
Tree Sloths (some of which apparently turn green because algae like to live inside their hair)
Porcupine (if their quills count as hair)
...but apparently not badgers

Just thought you ought to know, that's all

Both the Whitetail and the Pronghorn come from North America (that's the continent, not the USA - they're found as far north as Canada).

The Pronghorn isn't a deer, by the way. It looks like one, but it has branched horns instead of antlers. Having said that, it sheds its horns the way a deer sheds its antlers. There are no related species in the world.

I think the pronghorn is a type of antelope, but don't quote me on that.

Its scientific name is Antilocapra americana, which means American antelope goat. However, it is neither antelope nor goat, but a sole remnant of a species that goes back 20 million years. And you *can* quote me on that.

OooooOOOOOoooo *with pursed lips and wobbly head*
I reckon Cheerful Dragon gets the prize for useless facts this week.

Useless fact chez Neanderthal: porridge with chocolate powder and vanilla flavoured soya milk is foul tasting but a 7 year old will eat it with great gusto.

Wilma

I must admit that I am fond of a bit of Ready Brek made with raspberry milkshake for me brekkie!!

But can't see it in proper porridge, really!

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goes to work on one, I am at work on one. That is my work. Unicyclist. £3 an hour and available for all functions; births, deaths, weddings, cremations and bar mitz vahs. Though work is slow recently. Not much call for a unicyclist at your average wedding really. Unless its a couple of clowns getting married, or dwarves.

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Available at deaths? i would say responsible for several a week the way you go down the path on that thing...


useless fact IMHO ... car insurance simply isn't worth the money
(having just depleted my already poor over used bank accounte even further after a particularly spendy christmas)
even tho i'm a gurl (and therefore get rediculously cheap insurance, according to my male advisors) and accident/points free, it's still over half a g that i'm not too happy bout handing out with no return