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

Glasshouses were invented before glass.

What did they make them out of then?

Sheets of mica

Surely they were Sheets-of-Micahouses then?

Do any of you know how to turn off those yellow tool-tips (mouse pop-up boxes) on Windows?

Q is the only letter that does not appear in any US state name.

How about Arqnsas? Almost a state today: Puerto RiQ. Or, if you give it another 50 years or so, Qba...

Y.

Hmm. Interesting. When Castro snuffs it Cuba will become a de-facto-pseudo (?) US state, won't it.

Sort of like Puerto Rico.

To my knowledge, Cuba is not presently under any sort of control of the U.S. Government. There's no reason that has to change once Castro dies.

It's spelled "Arkansas" by the way.

Isn't Guantanamo in Cuba? Isn't it already under US control?

Baby seals are called 'weaners'.



That's not very nice.

*Looks at Wikipedia.*

Apparently so. Cuba as a nation though, is not.

Utah has a condiment called "fry sauce" (1 part Miracle Whip, 1 part ketchup) that, for some mysterious reason, most non-Utahns seem to dislike.

<<(1 part Miracle Whip, 1 part ketchup)>>

Make it with real mayonnaise, lemon juice and a bit of black pepper and you have a nice seafood sauce.

We do the same thing here in Texas for shrimp sauce, except no Miracle Whip, mayo, lemon juice or pepper. Oh, we do add horseradish.

The Brit bartender at my local pub makes what he calls "Whoop-ass" sauce using approx. 4 pts Coleman's, and 1 pt catsup.



Useless fact. Firefox thinks catsup shouldn't be spelled that way. It suggests catchup, cat sup or cats up.

"Ketchup", maybe?

A somber story - years ago, some friends here in Texas hosted some visitors from Eastern Europe. They went to a fast food hamburger joint, where the visitors asked for catsup at the counter. The clerk pointed to a large stainless vessel with a pump, and a pile of paper cups next to it. The visitors asked, "We can have all we want?" "Yes." They were a little stunned.

We had a good time later that evening, playing guitars and singing some songs they had written. They were in the key of "C", nice for a guitar (trying to stay on topic). "E" is better (still trying).

What is "Coleman's"?

And forgive my American ignorance, but why would they not be able to have all the ketchup they want in Europe?

Coleman's mustard... quite potent stuff.

Comes in powdered form in tins. He mixes it with beer (ale, stout or bitter, I'm not sure) for the normal version, he adds some malt vinegar for the paint stripping version.

Great on his Scotch Eggs.

I'd never heard of it before he introduced me to it. The closest thing you may know to it (in the States) is the Chinese mustard that's served with egg rolls.