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

how was your weekend?

Not a bad weekend, all things considered.
It didn't rain too much so we went for a little walk around the farms, although there was far too much ground water to actually leave the tarmac road.
I was force fed in much the same way as a foie gras. These people make Mrs Doyle (the tea lady from Fr. Ted) look downright timid...if you say you don't want a cup of tea, the reply will be "sure, take one just to hold in your hand". but the cooking was so good that I couldn't bring myself to stop.
Still yet to get a in the local pub mind, but it will happen...

Won't they serve you or something?

I wouldn't if I were them

No - I can't get out of the house....to busy being fed tea and scones.
I'm going to have to go to a place that is sufficiently far away from Sligo that I can't stay at the SO's parental house yet is still definitely west country - like Galway maybe

Is that where James Galway is from?

<smiley type="total blank">Eh?</smiley>

Doesn't he toot the flute?

*collapses in childish innuendo fit of giggles*


Now come on, you'll be telling me next that there's a "Jack London" or a "David Essex" or a "Dion Dublin" or a "Calivin Kelin New York"...madness.

Well! Sounds good to me.
Now I know what bunking off means. I thought it had something to do with getting rid of your bunk bed.
Now I realize it is similar to 'goofing off' or more accurately, 'seducing Fido.'

Hi Sus!e - I am Abi and I am the Deputy Community Editor. *waves enthusiastically*

I don't know why "bunking off" should mean not doing your work, except perhaps that iuf you were to pretend to be sick in the navy you might be confined to your bunk?

As for where the phrase "seducing Fido" comes from...I'm clueless..please clarify.

I like that! Seducing Fido! Cool beans.

Aside to Dunx: it's somewhere in the British English thread.

Well I couldn't find it. Anyhow, I thought you were supposed to be too busy to be surfing ... don't tell me, your database connection is slow so you have lots of [alt+tab] time too

[alt+tab] time? What is that then?

[alt+tab] is the key combination in Windows which switches from one open application to the next.
This allows you to kick off one long running job (like reindexing a table in SQL, or saving a file in word ) and switch to, say, internet explorer while it does that in the background.
It slows the processing down slightly, but prevents you expiring from boredom...

*refers Abi to post one of this thread*
Pay attention that girl.

Honestly boys! Didn't you see the - oh hang on aren't you the two who are in for the humour bypass surgery!


*Voice comes over the tannoy "Emergency sense of humour to the operating theatre"*