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

That could work. I am quite frightening. Here, let me practice first.

*ahem*

*hides behind door*

*waits*

*jumps out*

Booga! Booga!

There, how's that?

Oh. I was just practising my run. I knew it was you all along.

My Grandson, Ronin, is almost three, and he says "Booya Booya" better than you
(Of course that is his version of "Booga Booga")







Just pulling your leg, Arthbard. I am sure you are an intimidating fellow when you choose to be
You, too, Roadkill

~k~

Ah, thanks. Yes, I am scary. It was a good Booga Booga, was it not?

My Booga Booga's tend to be less funny, and more amusing. So I put it to good use. When someone is taking a long drink from a , I do a nice big Booga Booga right when they can see me through the bottom of the glass so my face looks all funny anyway.

I tend to favor "Booya Booya", simply because Ronin does it. He is my , you know......
~k~

I used to stick with just a plain old "Boo!" but it got boring.

Boo? Pffft. It's only even got one syllable. Not interesting, at all. The boogas--and, okay, the booyas, too--have two a piece. Then, there's the whole repetition thing. Not just "Booga" but "Booga booga!" It adds so much depth.

I can see, "Boo" is rather obsolete. Though I find that its simplicity is what lends it its simple charm.

Simplicity has its place, but I think boo has become way too overdone. If you jump out at someone--from behind a tree or a door--then they're going to expect you to yell, "Boo!" They know it's coming, so it has no effect.

Once they recieve the boo, they start to settle down. BUT if that boo is immediately followed by -ga booga, they're taken completely by surprise all over again. It's the unexpectedness of it.

Now, even better, let's take the example of Dragonlady's grandson. Booga booga may be surprising, but altering it to booya booya completely turns all of your preconceived expectations on their ear. The style. The flair. The pizazz. It's brilliant. I only wish that I had thought of it myself. When people ask, I may just be tempted to tell them that I did.

Arthbard~
You made me laugh out loud!
Thank-You ever so much!
I truly needed that!

Why God Never Received Tenure at Any University
1. He only had one major publication.
2. It was in Hebrew.
3. It had no references.
4. It wasn't published in a referred journal.
5. Some even doubt He wrote it Himself.
6. It may be true that He created the world, but what has He done since then?
7. His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.
8. The scientific community has had a hard time replicating His results.
9. He never applied to the Ethics Board for permission to use human subjects.
10. When one experiment went awry, He tried to cover it up by drowning the subjects.
11. When subjects didn't behave as predicted, He deleted them from the sample.
12. He rarely came to class, just told students to read the book.
13. Some say He had His son teach the class.
14. He expelled His first two students for learning.
15. Although there were only ten requirements, most students failed His tests.
16. His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountaintop.


Take time every day to do something silly.

- Philipa Walker


A man should love his wife as himself and honor her more than himself.

- Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot 62b


The god of creation, Brahma,
Born of the Godhead through meditation
Before the waters of life were created,
Who stands in the heart of every creature,
Is the Self indeed. For this Self is supreme!

-Katha Upanishad


God created suffering and heartache, so that joy might be known as their opposite. Hidden things become manifest through their opposites. But God has no opposite; so he remains hidden. Light is known as the opposite of darkness. But God's light has no opposite. Thus we cannot know him through our eyes.

-Rumi, "Masnavi"


For some years now, students have not been getting to the root of the aim of Zen, instead taking the verbal teachings of Buddhas and Zen masters to be the ultimate rule. That is like ignoring a hundred thousand pure clear oceans and only focusing attention on a single bubble.

-Ying-an

, both of you.

I have to submit to your eloquent arguments, Arthbard. In future I may use "Booga booga" or variations on the theme. I also quite like yelling out random things, such as "Greyhounds!". Imagine- if someone is expecting a "Boo", or even a "Booga booga", and they get "Greyhounds!". Hmmm?

Greyhounds ... Hmm ... Interestng. Yes, I like it. Greyhounds! Ooh ... Scary. And it doesn't stop there, either, does it? I mean, theoretcally, you could yell out "Pancakes!" or "Recursive Software!" or even "Michael Jackson!" Just imagine the fear. You could start a riot.

"Lawyers!"

*runs in fear and attempts to smash through wall, like in a Bugs Bunny cartoon*

*gets off of floor, rubs head, and stares unhappily at the unsmashed wall*

*decides wall is unsmashed due to insufficient velocity*

*tries again, only faster*

*rubs head, again*

*decides maybe Bugs Bunny can smash through walls, because he's made out of paint*

*paints self*

*rubs head, again*

*forgets what the point of smashing through the wall was, in the first place, but, just in case, puts on a bunny suit*

You forgot to paint the bunny suit. Here, let me help you.

I both of you!

Somebody stole my bunny suit I went to get it last weekend, and it was GONE!



Which one of you was it

Charm Course
At one of the last all girl schools in Parkside years ago, the instructor in a 'Charm Course' was urging her students to give their escorts every chance to be gallant.
"Remain seated in the truck until he has had time to step around and open the door for you," she said.
Then, returning to reality, she added, "But, if the big, dumb idiot is in the restaurant ordering his steak... don't wait any longer."

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Our Town Is So Small...
Second Street is in the next town over

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Poor K.

It's like the headteacher's conference. There was a talk about career advice, and a headmaster got up onto the platform to hold forth about it. He ended with "Tell your pupils to find something they enjoy and get paid for it". One headmistress smiled to herself and said "Oh, I never tell my girls that."

Someone stole your bunny suit? Thats terrible . I don't think it was me. Granted, I don't know where this one came from and it's hard to see what it looks like now that Roadkill's painted it, but I think it's your size.

Hey! That's not a bunny suit! That's a.... rare Siberian armadillo suit! I told you, don't you remember?