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

"Did I hear an editor say clear your throat and spit
I was under the impression that one of our top rules here is NO SPITTING" [Shagbark]

It's okay to spit as long as you're not here on H2G2.

so if you say the word that uses spitting, go off-line and say it?

Ref post 37
the way I heard it a Jot is Hebrew and iota is greek.
It's like comparing apples and oranges.
You never hear Christ compared to an orange tree. (A87730392)

I just thought of something paulh - I believe that in the US, what you call a dishcloth, is what we British would call a teacloth, ie something used to dry the dishes, after they have been washed.

We mean a little cloth used to wash the dishes with, or wipe the counter surfaces in your kitchen with, when we say dishcloth.

ie http://www.greenham.com/images/products/512821.jpg

I don't see why you would design a tea towel to kill bacteria, or even how it would work. They're not really designed for it

Shagbark, both Hebrew and Greek letters came from Northern Semitic, but the Hebrews took it more or less directly while the Greeks modified some of the letters and made them into vowels. (There were no vowels in Northern Semitic, nor are there in Hebrew or Arabic, the two Semitic alphabets most commonly seen these days.

nor me, it's a dishcloth that has the silver ion impregnation somehow or other, not a teatowel.

"I just thought of something paulh - I believe that in the US, what you call a dishcloth, is what we British would call a teacloth, ie something used to dry the dishes, after they have been washed. We mean a little cloth used to wash the dishes with, or wipe the counter surfaces in your kitchen with, when we say dishcloth." [Lanzababy]



You're right, Lanzababy. My dishcloths would be called teacloths in your country. I don't use any cloths for washing dishes, just for drying them. I have something called steelwool for tough, crusted spots on the pans I cook things in. I use paper towels for counter tops.

Thanks for clarifying things. It helped.

I think we'd call them tea towels and dish cloths here in Ireland.

The price of your dishcloth suggests that the ions in it are from genuine sterling silver, Lanzababy

I like my disclothes (sp?) made of modern micro fibers, those babies can really soak up liquids

I'm afraid the silver gives false security since you never know when it stops w*rking

Best you can do is change and cook (or nuke) your dishcloth (regular or micro fiber) several times a week, in particular if you are cooking , which may contain salmonella bacteria

I wash mine as hot as possibly with my other white washings

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As for money exchange: My dad was paid in Danish kroner, but we lived in Germany so had to change the kroner into Deutsche Mark. Then suddenly in 1968 (I think it was) the Danish krone was devaluated 11.5 percent almost at the same time as the German mark was revaluated 8.5 percent

Or something like that, I'm not too sure about the figures, but the result was he lost about 20 percent of his income!

Lucky for us arrangements were quickly made so he didn't lose anything at all , but it was quite a shock for a man with five kids and his wife having no income of her own.

*waves to Pierce

This dishcloth saga is quite emblematic of modern day life - we are scared of bacteria, so sold a solution to a problem that can easily be dealt with by cheap cotton cloth that can be boiled.

Thinking about it, I should buy my mother one of these cloths, just as a novelty item. She'd love it.

*wipes his mouth then returns the *

Wayhay, our therad got a QOTD,

...how are the amazing silver ions capable of resisting nuclear holocausts and vacuam doing?

What has any of this got to do with the cost of living? (Dishcloths, bacteria, the euro symbol, jots and iotas, silver impregnation, the increasing use of English in Germany....)

Interesting though!

(By the way, if you want to keep the bacteria under control, put some bleach diluted with water in a spray bottle, then spray before you wipe with the dishcloth.)

It sort of started off with me musing on the cost of basics on the island as opposed to the UK mainland where stuff like milk is dirt cheap.

to read QoTD

I would be more concerned had it stayed on topic...that would have got us labelled as intruders on hootoo

Milk may be 'dirt cheap' but wine is now £4.79 a bottle in M&S for the basic plonk, and Tesco has 'half price' wine at £4.99.

I can remember the days when £2.99 would buy an evening's entertainment, a fish n' chip supper, the bus fare home and a massage.

Priorities eh? And an all-in evening with massage included for £2.99? I shouldn't ask more should I

Well, we do get cheap alcohol and cigarettes. Beer is most definitely as cheap to buy as milk. And don't ask about the cigarettes

Every cloud has a silver-impregnated lining, apparently.

oh very droll dsg.

How is life with you? Has Spring arrived in Devon?