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

In my experience it's more likely to explode...although it is very tempting...imagine making a message which tells you not to push a button, so foolish

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Just had a look at your article; it's pretty amusing in places. I bet that bloke who showed such faith in his 4x4s ability had never had to cope with aught more arduous than speed bumps before.

Bet you don't have a pet brick though

Anyway I think the blokes four wheel drive didn't actually survive the weekend much like everything else, the whole weekend was just one big farce and I can't wait to go back next May. Although I do still have Monaco as my second choice

That would be an ecumenical matter.

*realises this could take some time unless she breaks the cycle*
So, what are your views on nuns?

NUNS! NUNS! REVERSE! REVERSE! REVERSE!

Sorry, either the site, my computer, my connection or my brain was playing up as I thought my previous message hadn't appeared.

In fact we did have a pet brick at my last house in Leeds. It originally belonged to a bloke who moved out the year before me who would wind it up and down on a bit of rope as excercise. For a while it brightened up the lounge, but later it became more functional as it was used to hold down a loose piece of metal on the kitchen floor.

I hope the weather's good for you next year, whichever you go to.

Aaaah...and there was I just thinking you were being humourous
It was probably the site anyway as last week the only way that I was able to read the new messages posted was to randomly reply to the first one of the thread and then wait for the page to reload as I couldn't see them at all otherwise... I think my negative influence on technical items may be spreading

The pet brick in our house belongs to my father as my brother 'bought'(?) it him for a birthday gift...but he was a student at the time so I think that explains it It also has a smiley face and it even has it's own lead now, allegedly incase it runs off but I think it's just because it kept falling over and terrifying the cat

Me be humorous? Perish the thought. Narf!

I evidently wasn't bright enough to notice the lack of new messages, I wonder how many conversations have gone awry due to this. On the Mornington Crescent site I go to, they're known as cross-posts and could have severe effects on games, before it was fixed to stop them occurring.

We have stone cat, but one of it's eyes fell out, so now it sits on the doorstep instead of the hearth, where it used to have staring competitions with the real cat.

Y'know if you'd snarfed then you could have been a thundercat rather than a cloth cat which could have been novel...
*sits singing "Thundercats are on the loose, Thundercats are go"*

Sorry to show my ignorance but what's Mornington Crescent? Is it one of those big cyber game things?

Stone Cat? For some reason that sounds quite traumatising...I can't help but be reminded of a Buffy episode where her mother had a cat mask which was possessed by the most pathetic cat like demon ever seen. I think it may have been on a par with the episode where the demon dragony thing was living underground which she killed with a stick and the effects were kind of painted on with a magic marker. Such quality entertainment

MC is a game played on Radio 4s I'm sorry I haven't a clue. The basic rules are that everyone names places in London and the first person to say "Mornigton Crescent" wins. There are other rules, but these are mostly ammendments and clarifications, so I won't go into them now. Anyway, several sites on the web allow you to play it online. There's a guide entry on it: http://www.h2g2.com/A227594 (hopefully that turns into a clickable link, but otherwise copy and paste may come in useful).

Ah, Buffy, which has resurected the art of latex monster masks, which we thought gone forever with the cancellation of Doctor Who.

Hello,
Sorry I've been so slow replying. I've spent the past few weeks attempting to reach my mates on their uni phones as none of them seem to get connected to the right rooms...Though I did have a lovely message from a bloke called Duncan who had managed to get the same phone number as my best mate which was quite novel I've also visited more uni's now than when as was looking round them to start with, as my mates have each managed to apply to a different place so I'm becoming an expert on uni social lifes

Anyway, thanks for explaining the Mornington Crescent thing I went to look and all is vaguely clear

As for Buffy, they don't use latex!That's like saying the tooth fairy isn't real...It's all very realistic even the scary demon things in hoods were real-ish last week. I assume you don't get to see it now you're back at Uni but Spikes back and so the whole thing has turned into a comedy again, it's great

Anyway thanks for putting me on your page, I've never been on a list before...well a list I'd want to be on, Mr Z put me on his black list once but he was only joking and I don't think it counts...so it's greatly appreciated

Bye,
Fiona

I'll apologise for being slow replying, too. My excuse is that my thingy showing recent conversations got busy over the weekend, forcing your post out. So which uni is best? I've heard Leeds claimed to be the best for clubbing, though they mostly seem to have closed down over the summer. No more Underground; no more lazy Sunday afternoons drinking Old Speckled Hen and listening to the jazz band.

You should really listen to I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue to get the idea of MC, it's not on at the moment, but I believe they're recording a new series, so whenever Quote, Unquote ends it's run, I'll be tuning into Radio four every Monday at 6.30. Incidentally, according to the guide entry on ISIHAC:
There have been scurrilous rumours that there are no rules at all, and that the players merely make it up as they go along. This is a disgraceful slur upon the highly professional teams who have, over the years, raised the game almost to the status of inclusion in the Olympic Games. They are now third on the waiting list, behind Scrabble.

Did you see Spike in Angel? At the beginning he spies on Angel, providing his own commentary to Angel talking to a woman he's just saved. That was hilarious.

I'm sure I've seen your name on other people's pages. On the "users currently online list" anyway. It must be tricky to put people on a black list, I suppose you'd need a tip-ex pen to write anything.