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

with that playground designer job. That sounds more interesting than literary houses, anyway.

Hi Malabarista, long time no see!! Sorry to hear you didn't get the job, but good luck with the next interview, it sounds like a much more fun job anyway ... you can test out all the play equipment first!!

Any hints for interview technique by the way? I've got my first interview for nearly 10 years coming up on Thursday ...

It's good to be back on hootoo, I've missed you all,
Lx

Welcome back, Lonnwy

on the playground, Mala

More clover for the field - bet kids would like that underneath their slides, see-saws and swings...

Well, it is in Ireland, so everything will be covered with shamrocks anyway

And here I was thinking those rocks were real...

I believe the real ones are called emeralds

No, no, no. Everything is *not* covered in shamrocks in Ireland. That's New York (or maybe Boston).

Last time I looked, most of Ireland is actually covered in bracken, gorse, and rushes.

And purple stuff on top the mountains. Also sheep droppings.

And nettles...as we found out when we didn't see a toilet for miles around, and went behind the hedge...

Awww, come on D - there are so many things in the US whose whole mission in life is to kill, eat, bite or sting us. Our wee nettles should be a mere tickle with a feather to you!

This was why we were so surprised. We expect this level of viciousness from our native plant and animal life, whose raison d'etre is to wipe out humanity, but we never anticipated hostility from the Ould Sod like that...

What do you mean, hostility? That stuff is pure formic acid, and it's actually GOOD for you. Prevents rheumatism and all that.

just like whiskey then

Exactly.