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

the camels in australia are not indigenous in case that wasn't clear. they came over with afghan workers in the 19th century.

... and Australia is now a leading exporter of live camels to Saudi Arabia.

Now if we can work out how to sell ice to the Inuit .....

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Deductive logic. They do not sell snorkels to fit a camel, therefore ergo facto ipso badumschk

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"Hey Tarka! Wanna buy some ice? Two free salmon with every tray of ice cubes bought!"


It is also physically impossible for an eskimo wearing camel skin flippers to vomit underwater.

apparently you can keep a live carp in a damp sack for up to 12 hours

working the logic back you could keep a live camel in slightly moist bucket of water for a similar period.

Fish yawn.

not underwater they don't

Yes... they do!

nope, physically impossible.


*thinks again*

well, for a really tired and bored fish, perhaps it may be possible.

But only once mind. I reckon if he mutiple yawned, he'd be in serious trouble.

All vertabrate species yawn. It has nothing to do with oxygen. It may have more to do with blood flow. Yawning is most common during changes in levels in body activity, but for what specific purpose no one knows. Yawning is apparently contagious only in humans it seems.

Reading that post about yawning made me yawn!

Now I can't stop!

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Ah, yes, of course...

My online latin translator is having a bit of trouble with "badumschk".

the word for stretching and yawning is pandiculation.

the word for a big cuddly black and white bear stretching and yawning is pandaculation

*a rat ta ta ta tats*

Eh!

The national language of Vanuatu, Bislama, is forbidden in the country's schools.

On 4 July the year of this post... Some folks signed a piece a paper.


Most of people in the US have never read the whole thing.

Was it a birthday card?

Nah... just a long list of complaints.

Bloody whingers.

Here's something useless... in the news... (here in the states)...

the Smuckers company is trying to patent their version of a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich!

What is their big technological breakthrough they are trying to protect?

They put peanut butter on both slices of bread so that the jelly (jam) is sealed inside and doesn't make the bread soggy.