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

The video from post 4112 is utterly boring to anyone except an H2G2-er.

I hate the words 'hootoo' and 'hootooer'.

There isn't a MacDonalds in Finsbury Park, or a Burger King. However, there are many purveyors of fried chicken; so many that a large chunk of it actually *smells* of fried chicken.

Alright, alright, you win. The truth is I only pulled that out of one of his books anyway.

Bayonet light bulbs are so called because the method of fitting resembles the method used to fix a bayonet to the "Brown Bess" musket used by the British Army for much of the 19th Century.

In Pirates of the Carribean, bayonets were affixed to the soldiers rifles 100% of the time; which would have been stupid and painful.

In "The Patriot", one Redcoat fired his musket 3 times without reloading.

A nice trick, but it didn't stop the bad guys winning.

*thinks about who "the bad guys" refers to*

HEY!

i needed about a week of casual reading to read all post from beginning

don't remember a single fact, but i know there is a lot of birds in some place on earth

and i know that a shark...

Here you go people:

the imprint of the back of my thumb knuckle on blue tacky stuff looks like the veins on the underside of a pretty leaf. Yes it does!

We've had that one before

wow. that was lovely.

You're wasted here sapphire. Have you tried the sarcasm only thread?

oh, i'm sorry. i didn't mean that to be sarcastic, though i was afraid you might think so. let me rephrase:

OH! That was lovely! I think mine might do that too. I think i'll try it! (accent on "!!!!")

Yup. You're a natural

funny. i never even bother with the sarcasm thread, cuz i can never think how to say anything sarcastic. but perhaps, i need not try, and it's just in my blood. just say anything and it will come out sarcastic. you think, maybe?

Could be... It always works better when you're not trying though... And yes, it was meant to be both a 'thrilling' and 'innovative' addition to this thread... because I'm being thrilling and innovative at work still.. well, for another two minutes. Bye for now, have a good weekend all! X

It's the lowest form of wit but alas, it's the only one I know.

sarcasm? i agree. if i ever am sarcastic, i don't mean it. but i grew up in an extremely sarcastic family. i hated it, and tried to stear away, but this, i'm afraid, is a detriment to ones social life.

I disagree with it being the lowest form of wit. To carry off sarcasm successfully you need to be intelligent and quick. Anything else will make you look stupid. This is why I revere true sarcasm as a fantastic form of social interaction. However there is gutter sarscasm, but that's about as close to the good stuff as 'tagging' is to a truly interesting, thought provoking, skilled piece of 'graffiti' artwork.

Oh god I'm waffling. *goes home so as to spare anyone else the endless rambling*

see you all soon, good weekend all!

well, yes. i agree. but also, still agree that it's the lowest form for one reason. one may be witty enough, that's for sure, but it's cruel to the person the sarcasm is directed at, and puts them down, and if they're not made of stone....makes them feel bad.