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

See youtube: alien vs. coffee machine

*sits at least 2m from everyone else here and ponders at what point in the thread the asterisks were abandoned*

*Tries to find the answer to that in an asterisk and obelisk comic*

*notes that asterisks were not always used here even as early as post 5, but adds them now because they are more pleasing to highlight body language*

*sits in an easy chair after the exertion of going back and then forward in time*

*Nods approvingly at shiny time machine *

*develops sympathy RSI from the recollection of what such a jump would have taken in a 6000+ post thread many years ago*

*offers dubious looking, smelly cream to ease the RSI*

*smells the smell of the cream and moves over to the window, which is thankfully still open, to get fresh air*

Picks up much better smelling cream to put on sunburnt neck.

*enjoys the smell of the coconut-scented cream*

*coincidentally locates mini coconut chocolate bar in pocket and eats it*

*Drools*

*Gets spoon from kitchen drawer and bucket of homemade after eight icecream from the freezer*

*Distances appropriately and removes mask to enable the eating of said icecream*