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

i never thought this thread would drift into apocryphal trivia

Yes, but you must admit that apocryphal trivia is pretty juicy!

even if the scrolls were extremely dry when they were found

Hey, no one had read them in 1700 years. The monks who buried them wanted them to remain undetected by the Church leaders or they would have been excommunicated.

splitters!

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Judging from the contents of the scrolls, Jesus wanted Mary Magdalene, his wife, to have a high position among the disciples. The disciples were not enthusiastic about this. So, was Jesus more of a feminist than his contemporaries would tolerate? The Roman Empire's adoption of Christianity as the official religion of the Empire was problematic as long as the *official* scriptures gave more power to women than the Romans were accustomed to. You couldn't have your official state religion undermining the position of the Paterfamilias, now could you?

42

42 is the answer for everything except questions.

I beg to differ: 42 is the answer to life, the universe, everything AND all questions - except the one question we do not know

Differ has left for a better job elsewhere, so you will need to beg to someone else. If you find anybody who's handing out chocolate cream pies, let me join you in begging.

Us 's aint used to begging

Well, you're the leader of the , Pierce. if you beg, then it's okay for the others to beg, too.

It would set a poor example. The other captains would laugh at me

Then don't do it, unless the other captains would laugh at you no matter what you did.

If they laugh at me no matter what I do, I don't have to do anything

You rarely have to do much here anyway. You have people falling all over each other offering to fill in for the ship's navigator or doctor, or whatever. You have bots and not-so-dumb-waiters on hand to do the stuff that none of the want to do. But you do have to raise the mugs of and and rum to your lips. That kind of heavy lifting is still necessary, sad to say.

It is the most pleasant kind of w*rkout I know

There you have it, then. Shangri la!

Ah yes. But let's not forget how hard I fought to get where I am now: The life of a young sailor is hard. Fighting seasickness, the majesty's seaman or rival s at the same time is no walk in the park

It isn't just the park where you had to walk, either. I'm sure there must have been a plank or two from time to time....