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

Entry: Gnomon Test with Conversations - A36662664
Author: Gnomon - U151503

This is for testing purpose. If I say "Please ignore", what do you think the chances of it being ignored are?

Please ignore.

Slim and None?

The made me do it!



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I'm sure if you asked, seeing as it were you, everyone would obey and ignore. ahh. or not...

I really thought there was no chance. And I was right.

Just as long as a scout doesn't pick this entry.

You can always 'count' on someone to respond

Oooh! Counting! I ignored it.

Celts it must be the Celt in you

Did I spot a typo in the entry?
Maybe it could have some headings, to space it out a bit more, and a few more paragliders.

Can somebody competent link to the recent conversation about 'counting words'? I'm sure Gnomon would have something to say. These words (Irish?) don't have 'eleven and 'twelve' words, but the word for four is strangely big, which makes me wonder if there is a hangover from 'one, two, three, everything else' in there somewhere.

I am sure all shall become clear, It looks like 1 to 12 with possible alternatives for some numbers.

Of course if we really want to practice counting this is always a good place to start;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7-ngmO_p8

One of my favourites

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To be blunt, I don't think it's as good as the last testing entry that came through here - but that was radically improved by PR

Maybe we can do the same here!

"This is for testing purpose" needs an "s" on the end of purpose I believe

Reminds me of a test my Mom brought home from one of her psychology classes, once upon a time.

The first item in the directions read, "Please read this entire test before proceeding."

The last item on the test was a direction not to answer any of the questions.

Gnomon has stated that this is a "Test with Conversations"

Either he will be running multiple threads, or he will attempt to have us drift off topic...and we know that hootooers never drift off topic


Although it would be interesting to see what happened if someone boldly ordered everyone to change topic

Result could be like what happens in a 'madboyz' barracks when someone announces loss of a shoe.

I would like to congratulate Gnomon for such a succinct entry. It would have been all too easy to overwhelm the reader by getting bogged down in the minutia of such a fascinating topic.

Well done

I look forward to seeing this on the front page

Don't we have a rule about using foreign languages without a translation being provided?

One such as yourself Gnomon should really not allow such problems, and should provide a suitable translation as quickly as possible

Should each of th eitems in the list be with or without a capital, I forget teh protocol for such things.

May be good to add some footnotes as explinations; maybe as the translations of each?

I think this entry is witty. Oh, and evocative, too.