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

It's like a rain dance, in reverse.

I'll bet Bluebottle could do this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2fqjsijaMM

He’d better be quick. I’ve just checked the papyrus. It’s not looking good:

“Big eye - diagonal lines - snake - ankh -ankh - twisted rope - scarab beetle”


Monumnet has sent ten plagues upon us. Hang on, here comes the first one now:

As for sand dances, let's not forget the Ethiopian Shim Sham.
http://youtu.be/rRB3U8koygY

[Goes to shed in back yard, to retrieve bag of sand. Wonders whether the sand will dance by itself, or will have to be taught. Paging Arthur Murray]

"I'll bet Bluebottle could do this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2fqjsijaMM "

I don't know about Bluebottle, but I'm familiar with that one (after encountering it during a YouTube-fest a few weeks ago) so that will be fine

My sand just sat there and did nothing.

Was that a sand witch I saw dancing there?

That hieroglyphic message translates (roughly) as:

Eye Eye D Ankh Ankh H Khpr

which I interpret as:

Aye-aye, danke, skipper!

Wait, there's something wrong here. You can't possibly end a sentence with a scarab beetle

I see I missed the plague of pedants.

What, you thought the grammar police was a modern invention, Icy?

With all the rain we've had lately, I could substitute a plague of frogs, Icy.

Huh, and here *I* was going to say that anyone that doesn't know the sand dance has never gotten sand in their pants, either American or especially British English pants

I was going to post the plague of but I held back, as you often get told off for going off topic in announcement threads.

However, as it seems to be a free-for-all, here is the fourth plague:

Boils: