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

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I noticed this too late. It would have been apt to mention in this weeks Post:

Tom Lehrer turns 90 today.
Denmark's students made him their honorary artist in 1966 - just in time before his last official concert ever which he thanked the students with in Copenhagen in 1967 and which you can see here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPmRJIoc2k

Excellent man, Lehrer! Let's drink a toast

"To excuses we fibbed,
To the papers we cribbed
From the genius who lived down the hall..."

(from Bright College Days)

"Hearts full of youth
Hearts full of truth
Six parts gin to one part vermouth"

To the tables down at Mory's (wherever that may be)
Let us drink a toast to those we love the best!
We will sleep through all the lectures and cheat on the exams,
And we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest!

Oh...

Soon we'll be out amidst the cold world's strife,
Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life,

[Pause for painful laughter]

But as we go our sordid separate ways,
We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days!

The h2g2 Post reveres Tom Lehrer's work, too - but could you please take the songfest over to an Ask thread now? We'd like to keep this a dedicated announcement thread.

There are lots of Youtubes you could post...

Just one more comment -- all right, two -- oh, heck, three (no one ever expects Paul's comments):

It's refreshing to hear Lehrer's mordant original version of his Dixie song, before he cleaned it up and made it less funny.

Dmitri, you *know* there are many researchers who revere Tom Lehrer. You could feature him in the Post, knowing that this would attract readers. As one of the collaborators who helped write the Guide entry on Lehrer, I for one would support you if you decided to do that.

The poisoning pigeons song is one I would tweak. Instead of doing in a squirrel or two, I would go after bunnies instead.

But go on with your exemplary work. I am almost at the point where I might read and comment on the Post regularly. You deserve a big hand of for giving me no choice.

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"Harmless" cottontail? No such thing.

Ditto.

I have to second that.

"Harmless" cottontail?

No such thing.

Mind you, free range chickens and migrating rats are worse.

The leaves on my neighbor's mulberry tree get stripped bare in the Spring, up o 18 inches off the ground. I don't know the bunnies get that high, but they do.

Most rabbits can reach that height standing bipedally.

The west coast giant hare or 'jackalope' actually stands and runs bipedally after its second season.

Otherwise, their paunch would drag.

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