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

No it's not you, and we've been very remiss by just naming things and not explaining them (the point of the thread was to explain them).

2legs, who you may have met onsite, took some badger silliness to an h2g2 Meet (where researchers meet in RL). From that came the attack badgers (who get brought out when needed), and there was the badger song (google badgerbadgerbadger). The badgers were involved in a spy thing on various researchers PSs (because contrary to popular opnions they're sneaky little buggers). There's an h2g2 badger blob (picture). Check out 2legs' PS for more badgerology. He has a yellow badgerine over there somewhere too.

Plus we have some real, live badger researchers - Ferrettbadger, and blickybadger are the most obvious still around.

I wouldn't worry too much if that doesn't make sense. It will in time.

So, were the badgers adopted here? I know someone posted a link to the badger, mushroom snake clip only yesterday. Way too much backlog and different threads.

I think the pervasiveness of the badger meme is an h2g2 phenomenon. Outside of this site, people just think of the animated cartoon.

I can't remember whether it was Ferrettbadger or blickybadger (or both) who said he was so named for other reasons before the badger meme.

TRiG.

My grown up kids talk about badgers - and neither of them have anything at all to do with h2g2.

I think both blicky and FB were here before that infamous Meet.

The animated Badger song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG5AwGitZbs

The wikipedia section on "Badgers in Popular Culture" doesn't mention the badger meme, so I presume either it is not common enough to have reached the authors of that site, or that they don't know how to write a real Guide.

It also has the meaning "to pester" someone - i.e. to keep asking them about something, and, of course, it is the comparative of "badge" (badge, badger, badgest)

We are very proud of our badges.

>>The wikipedia section on "Badgers in Popular Culture" doesn't mention the badger meme, so I presume either it is not common enough to have reached the authors of that site, or that they don't know how to write a real Guide.

Or they dont know anyone under 14.

My son is oh - well. . . older than 14

I just read through 130 posts of this backlog and decided it was just too much so if something was covered between then and now my apologies.

One of my favorite traditions is when an entry is picked for the Approived Guide
everyone who is subscribed to that PR thread posts a congratulatory smiley.
like or

I never thought there would be quite so much history here Shagbark. Yes, you're correct. The first time I had an Entry selected it made my day to find all those Well dones and so on.



I've just been reminded of another tradition - and that is the fights between the users of Goo, Alabaster and Brunel.

and hootoo (will that stillbe called hootoo) has all these little groups that start up and are refered to. Like I am a member of the Viewer Tag Annoyance League. And at one time was a member of the Society for the Addition of a Towel Smiley.

by the way- I had an entry that made the front page yesterday, and nobody said a word about it. I just got my e-mail, checked the front page and there it was.

Congratulations Shagbark.

Shagbark. What an auspicious day to have it published!

Am I correct if I think that is the English translation of the dutch word 'das'? I don't know the word.

Congrats Shagbark, Mal and Bluebottle! What a great day to be published!

That reminds me, what name should we give the Period of Uncertainty (PU) that ended today?

I know TC touched on it, but the Meets are important and may be almost unique. I've even introduced my other interweb friends to the concept. And the Meets are International.

Which brings me to the Intercontinentals.

Or Our President, dear (hopefully now dried out) Hypatia.

MMF



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