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

See that dodo over there? If you hit it squarely between the eyes, with the rock,it will die instantly and wont really feel anything at all,then we can go home for dinner!

"Bread's better with nowt taken out"

refering to hair - "It's like straw hinging oot a midden!"

My mother was so sweet to me during my childhood.

"That Gary Glitter is such a nice family entertainer!"

"hey kids unce micheal (jackson) is baby sitting today"

"Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible"

Ooh, that *is* mean!

"Bring out your Dead".

"Oooh, you are awful - but I like you!"

(Dick Emery)

their the new nirvana

You should chew every bite of food 30 times before you swallow.

always eat shredded wheat

Piff puff poof

Power to the people!

i am not a crook

It's the mid-seventies, Thursday night and Top of the Pops is starting - and every single week, as Led Zeps theme tune kicks in, my parents say
"Is that a man or a woman" and
"He's on drugs for a start."

You don't hear comments like that any more.

I had that too! The 'man or woman' comment was a certainty each week.

Another one was "You've got to admit, these blacks have got good rhythm".

And "how on earth did THAT get to number one?"

Well, be fair, in the case of the Wurzels they may have had a point.

My own parents always used to say,

"In our day, songs had proper words, not this nonsense."

If only I'd heard of "Gillygillyossenfefferkastanellabogen by the Sea" at the time, I'd have had a good answer to that.

Mol

"Fan dabby dozie!"
"orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr-kayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!"

"supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"