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

Yes, paul there are, in fact, time travel traffic jams...

for more info see Phil of the Future episode "Back to the Future (not the movie)"

Make sure you pack bug repellent with you when you time travel, BTW.

Fula

Bug repellent? Would "Skin so soft" do instead? I hear that there are hundreds of Avon Ladies paddling their canoes up the Amazon to bring "Skin so soft" to workers in the mosquito-infested jungle

There was a movie, "Meet the Applegates" in which enormous insects from the Amazon disguise themselves as an average American family, so they can get revenge on suburbia for displacing them (the insects) from their natural habitat .

Sound hilarious, I'll have to catch that movie sometime.

But by no means, should you answer to the siren call of the Evil Avon Lady. 'Skin so Soft' is the devil's soap! You must beware, and warn all that you can. Don't be fooled by the free samples, and glossy pocket sized catalogue! Especially lethal, is anything that says 'soft and sensual' on it, and comes in sinister pink packaging. One minute you're showering, minding your own business, lulled to a false sense of serenity by the thought of your skin being soft, and then, about twelve hours later, you have a head to toe rash. That was years ago, but I still itch when I remember. You have been warned....

Best wishes!

Fula

Thanks for the warning.

* shakes head ;-( ly I would love to see a smiley

legggggggggggoooooooo of my arm

There's nobody here by you and me. I'm not holding your arm, so who is doing it?

'Doing it' Paul?
My arm is better. It was fixed by a brilliant physiotherapy department

It does ache when it is raining, sometimes, but I just administer myself with a little 400mg of I be u pro then and it feels better

Do you mean ibuprofen? I use that too, sometimes.

I didn't think we were allowed to use product names here.

That's advertising isn't it?

Then answering my own question, I have just realized that ibuprofen is a pain reliever for headaches, rheumatic pain, muscular pain, backache, feverishness, period pain, dental pain and neuralgia. So it is to mention it because it is not a brand name.

Yes, I did mean ibuprofen, I was trying to be funny in the way I wrote it earlier (and not mention something I shouldn't).

It is difficult these days to know what one can write and what one cannot write without being sued.

Ibuprofen is a generic name, just as "mammal" is a generic name for mice, dogs, unicorns, etc. It's when you mention specific product names that you can get in trouble.

Thank you for telling me that.

Does your arm ache when it's raining?

It does if I hold the umbrella too high .

You don't take off?

Only if a fierce gust of wind comes at me

I should take lessons from Mary Poppins, shouldn't I?

Yep. Remember your suitcase

Darn! I always forget that!