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

You should get a job as a coroner...

Maybe; but I don't think I'd last too long. I probably wouldn't get a very good reference, either

anyway - dead people smell, so I don't think it would be very good...

It's all a matter of getting them on ice quickly enough. You can do wonders with embalming, too, these days; much better than the whole ancient Egyptian lark...

Hmm - I'd be scared using ice - might get frostbite in a *very* sensitive area...

Hey... I'm (nominally) female; I don't have to worry about such practicalities...

I guess so. Plus, they'd always be hard...

For some reason, I've discussed this a lot recently with a number of people; I would like to know how it's possible for a corpse to maintain an erection. Rigor mortis?...

I'd guess so - blood flows to the extremeties after death, right?

It'd probably depend whether they were on top or underneath though - what with gravity and all that...

On top might be a bit difficult; I imagine the responsiveness of dead people is a little on the low side.

True, but then I can't imagine that they'd be sensitve lovers anyway...

I've gone right off it now...

Oh well... I suppose we'd better stick to live people then... *grumble*

"Now I'll never get Richard Beckinsale..."

Well - at least your b/f will be relieved...

Actually no; he lives in constant fear of his life...

by the by - how long have you been DOG for - and what sparked that off?

I'm not quite sure; I think it was my ability to kill a Jedi as well as carry out an exorcism. Oh well. Jesus was a self-proclaimed messiah as well; hopefully the word'll get around.

Sadly, said Jedi is showing an inability to stay dead...

Emily - re rigor mortis and various parts of the male anatomy. Have you read E by Irvine Welsh? There is an interesting bit about that in the first novella

Can't say I have; oooh, you've piqued my interest now...

well all I can say is it involves .... better not spoil the surprise!