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

Apologies for the confusion I was listening to that phone in again.
It actually had nothing to do with you at all.

The nonsense waits for no man,
It must plunge ahead,
It gets paid by the hour,
And if it stops, it's dead.

Oh good! I'm pleased it didn't upset you!

I was deeply upset long before I met you.

Deeply upset?

I remember seeing Paul being upset on one of his shows. I really don't like to see people being upset so I sent him a card saying: "This is the last one, I promise" I was quite upset myself at them time and felt some empathy for him

I stand correct, though, it wasn't the last one.

Yes, deeply upset. So deep I fell al the way to Cbhina, and had to learn Chinese...

(Mrs. Apple is still struggling to tie up her shoe-laces...she finally stands up)

Chinese? Tell me something in Chinese.

Paul! My Norton antivirus thingamijuggery just went on, are you keeping yourself protected from nasty bugs and viruses?

I only know how to say "Hello" and "Thank you" in Chinese.

Yes, I have anti-virus software on my computer.

Dunno what that was then.
How do you say 'Hello' in Chinese?

Weh weh.

and how do you say goodbye?

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See you tomorrow

This conversation is getting out of all proportion.

Who do you want to talk to?


ChiKiSpirit
Ladye Seagull
Mrs. Apple

"and how do you say goodbye?" [ChiKiSpirit ]

The same way groucho did. You sing:


Hello, I must be going.
I'd like to stay,
but have to say
I must be going...

...until another day

[I don't speak Chinese]

Chinese would be a hard language to learn, I think. But then, for a Chinese person, English would be hard.

Well let's hope they get the problem sorted shortly otherwise they might find themselves in a lorra lorra trouble. I haven't finished yet, have you?

difficult

Can I be finished if I don't redmember having started anything?