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

I have been meaning to drop by and embarrass you by complementing you on something we really have no choice on: genetics. You are good looking, and you might argue against me, but I thought so from your pictures from long ago!!!

That's very kind... very wrong, but very kind...

And you are as good looking as I expected.
I still don't know how I managed to picture you quite so accurately, given that I'd never seen a picture or more than the merest hint of a description.

Maybe you are PSYCHIC!!! YAY!!!

My AVS (hockey team) WON TONIGHT!!! YAY!!! It's good.

And you ARE GOOD LOOKING!!!! Your mother wouldn't like it that you deny it!!!

But it was her that made me wear this bag on my head...

OH!!! Pplllgghhghghghghghhh...!!!!

Pardon?

Kinda like P'shaw.... but not as sophisticated!!!

Ppllllggghhh....

Ah. I see...

Yeah... Americanified version of P'shaw.

My mother's up in arms about the French wearing t-shirts that say "Bush: International Terrorist", but I'm happy they do. If people don't express their opinions, then we all get incredibly stupid!!!

My brother had lunch with Mom and I and he agrees with the French, and Mom doesn't seem to understand what a terrorist is. So I got my 1983 dictionary and my 1996 dictionary and we looked it up after he left.

I suppose we're more used to terrorism over here; we lived with the IRA threat every day for about thirty years.

I've noticed an odd thing. Over here even people who are very much against the war (which, it must be said, is the vast majority) have very little respect for the French stand - the feeling seems to be that they are just 'being difficult', rather than acting on principle. Such is the awkward relationship between Britain and our nearest neighbour!

Aye.... Ian's comment about the French was.... interesting...

Que sera, sera, I suppose.

Darn Normans. They started it!!!

WHHHEEEE!!! I should go to sleep....

Thank you for posting the link to the Devon Flag article in LHG's fan club. It reminded me that there's much to be said about the union jack vs. the U.S. flag. We have ours flying in a lot of places, both before and after 9/11. Also, a LOT of Americans think that the flag of England is the Union Jack. Wrong.

I received an e-mail yesterday that talked about how I could write a quarterly column about the English, how I relate to them, adventures, observations, and how my relationship with Ian is coming along.

I don't want to be pegged as the English-American columnist of my college, but at the same time, Bloody Hell!!! I'm not complaining!!!

Hope you are well. Thanks again. I like the Devon flag. The COLORADO one is much much better though...

The Devon flag is coming along nicely, BBC Devon is plugging it quite heavily! When a flag-maker posted to the original discussion, he pointed out that the Union Flag and the Stars and Stripes are two of the most difficult to make, and therefore the most expensive. A single Union Flag requires the cutting and sewing of 31 pieces of cloth, for instance!

looks like the cornish one with green instead of black!

had to say it somewhere

Darn Cornish.

Not that I really know anything about them!!!

Thanks for the info about the U.S. and G.B. flags (the union jack is for G.B., not the U.K. yes!??? I'm still confused on some things, and this will contribute to The Metropolitan. Dunno if I've explained they've asked me if I'd like to write a quarterly article about the English/my adventures in England.... I'm kinda fearful I may not be able to make it as interesting as they except... to me, it's fascinating, you see....). I've copied and pasted, and will credit you.

Here's info about my state's symbols. http://www.archives.state.co.us/arcembl.html

Enjoy!!!

he eh!

they've even got a state fossil, gemstone and mineral

The Union Flag is the flag of the UK - I don't think there is a GB flag as such. It should only really be called the Union Jack when flown from the jack mast of a ship, by the way. Each of the nations have their own flag, too (I'll try to find you a link in a minute!), not to mention several of the counties.

Anvil - a certain 'family' resemblance to the St. Pirran's Cross was deliberate; don't forget that Devon and Cornwall were both part of the Celtic kingdom of Dumnonia (and the Cornish only avoided being invaded by the Saxons for less than a century after the Devonians).

Here's the promised link:

http://www.mrflag.com/display_product_category.asp?id=96

You can see a selection of the national, regional, maritime and miltary flags that may be flown in the UK!

Suppried they waited that long.

The Saxons? Well, I don't suppose they thought there was much worth going into Cornwall for.

Or maybe there was just a long queue for the Torpoint ferry.