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

Is that supposed to be "EG"?

Seen you about a few times now, so I thought I'd drop in and say hi

Hi!
Thanx for dropping by
Well, the name is derived from a name with there initials I chose about 20 years ago, and since nobody can remember 4 syllables it had to be abbreviated, so I chose to write it as it is spoken. And it has the advantage that no-one knows what it stands for and so no wrong conclusions can be made...

Very mysterious.

It's a name that sounds really nice if you don't know its history. There is even an entry about it...

Do tell Did you write the entry?

Oh no, I'm here for only 3 weeks now and it will take a little more time before I write an entry...

Don't worry. Only one of mine has ever made it into the Edited Guide, and I've been here for several years

I've had some texts published but then in that paper everything gets published as long you don't break any laws. Maybe I'll try to translate some of those and see what happens...

Good luck. My first solo entry was a translated Uni paper...

You speak English very well, but if you need any help, just say the word - you can e-mail it to me or put a link up here to the entry, and I'll look over it for you. It would be a pity not to read your entries just because of a, er Hemmschwelle. (Yes, hamsters, I know it's English only on here, but "inhibition threshold" is just too clumsy a term)

Thanks - I try. The main reason for my good English might be that I read quite a lot in English. I tried reading a book by an American author in German and it just didn't work. So I fear my texts might lose in translation, too... At least a parody of "Ottos Mops" is impossible to translate. And it wouldn't really be funny because no non-German knows the original

I know what you mean. Reading the original is usually best, if you can

And I'm sure you can come up with something good. Maybe you can write about Hamburg? There are entries, but not edited ones.

No hurry, though, nice to have you around just to chat, too.

Well, MILLYWAYS in Hamburg is quite disappointing really
And I really wouldn't know what to write about Hamburg. I mean, there is not so much special about the place where you live because you are used to it.

There's a bar called Milliways in Kaiserslautern, but I've only ever seen it from the outside.

True Everything just seems too normal to be of interest to anyone.

Well, at least in this bar you can get something to drink - try getting served at a shoe-shop!
The most interesting thing about Hamburg seems to me the fact that there are more bridges than anywhere else. I can't imagine how other cities cope with less.

Some towns don't even have a river, poor things!

But... but... They do have at least a tiny stream, don't they? And be it only for disposing of their excrement or their toxic waste...

If it helps you sleep at night: yes, they do

Oh, come on - be honest. I can stand the truth. Or so I think...

But I can't

I'm only several hundred metres from the river, but 50m above it - we have stairs like you have bridges

50m - that must be enough to survive the great flood
But don't you think that a bridge might have a few advantages when crossing the river?