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

It took me three readings to realise...........


Dihydrogenmonoxide........

Or, as DT crossword setters say HIJKLMNO!!




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is making love in a canoe

An oldie but a goodie, Taff!!!!



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Just like some beers I have drunk in the past!!!




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good colour
bad colour(mainly from across the pond)

Off warner baiting now!!





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Yaknow... I think I've heard that canoe thing somewhere recently.

Isaac Newton did some cool stuff.

Among other things, he invented the cat flap.

While he was studying the physical properties of light, his beloved pet cat would nudge her way into his darkened room often ruining his experiments, so he cut a small hole in the door and covered it with felts so she could come in to be with him without disturbing his studies.

There are moles in Denmark.

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Bumblebees do sting.

"Among other things, he invented the cat flap.

While he was studying the physical properties of light, his beloved pet cat would nudge her way into his darkened room often ruining his experiments, so he cut a small hole in the door and covered it with felts so she could come in to be with him without disturbing his studies."
He Had a dog didn't he?

..............

Yes, he had a dog............

.....The dog was his assistant..........

............It didn't mind darkness............

.....................It was a 'Blind Dog!'..........



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When viewing the footage of Neil Armstrong's historic first "step" on the moon, most people don't see the actual "STEP". When Armstrong said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."* was NOT when he dropped down from the ladder. It was after he had done that, then "leaped" back up to the bottom rung (about 3.5 feet high... his landing was so soft that the lander's legs did not fully compress) and then back down to the bottom again. He was standing on the foot pad of the lander during those visually memorable maneuvers.

He made his famous quote when he placed his left foot just off of the lander's foot pad. It was truly a small step.



*whether he meant to say "a man" or just "man" is another very lengthy and rather tired discussion.

In all the literature I have read, Armstrong says that he MEANT to say "a man", but it came out wrong due to 'exhertion'......




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Comedian Robert Klein said he was expecting Armstrong to say "COCA-COLA!" Translated into more recent language, "I'm going to Disney World!"

~*~whether he meant to say "a man" or just "man" is another very lengthy and rather tired discussion.~*~

Frankly, I don't care.

Gojira (Godzilla) was originally to be a giant gorilla/whale monster. The name is a portmanteau of the words 'gorira' (gorilla) and 'kujira' (whale).

The story of Gojira was inspired by a true incident where a Japanese fishing boat, The Lucky Dragon, was contaminated when it strayed to close (but still in the official "safe zone") to an American nuclear test at Bikini atoll.

H. Rider Haggard wasn't impressed by R. L. Stevenson's Treasure Island. He made a 5 shilling bet that he could write a better book. The result was King Solomon's Mines, which was a runaway success.

The last top 40 chart hit in the UK to feature a xylophone was Robert Palmer's "Looking for Clues", which reached no 33 in 1980.

There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.