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

*Replies to one last post before sending him and his hand to Coventry*

Post 335 is a question, not an insult.

i could say likewise thanks

zoomer check it again

(That was my vote, btw.)


This seems like a nice thread. Hello aka my friend, how are you?
Hello sea! (When you get back, no hurry.) Hope you are well.
Hello Red Dog, pleased to make your aquaintance.

"For me you do not exist here - you are of no greater import than a gust of wind and of no more consequence than a blade of grass. For me you inhabit the past and you are not part of my present or future - I will have no more to do with you *FINAL*"


What a beautifully worded sentence. The stuff that speeches are made of.

Hey, cl. I'm well, thanks. I'll never understand the 'Sending off to Conventry' of people. I've never been - but surely it can't be that bad.

Funny you should ask...

http://www.exponet.co.uk/hstoric-Cov/sent-to.asp



How's the weather there? Rainy evening here but the temperature is quite pleasant. The rest of the country is still shovelling snow it seems.

And Red Dog, may I add praise in saying that was indeed a beautifully turned phrase.

Thanks aka / zoomer - appreciate the kind compliments. I lived about 30 miles from Coventry and it's not the kind of place I'd like to be sent to .

Yes - it was in fact a beautifully written /phrase/. Not just one sentence, as I'd said. You can tell it's late/that I'm tired. With regards to weather, it hasn't rained, but it's the UK. It could happen any minute.

I thought it would be something along the lines of the criminals and Australia story, actually.

"To Boycott" has an interesting origin as well http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-boy1.htm

I'd wondered after I said it so I had to google it to find out. (I love the fact that *google* is becoming a verb, btw.) I had guessed something along the Oz lines as well. Coventry is one of those places I didn't drive through in my one road trip of England. By the sound of it I didn't miss much?

That's fascinating as well, thanks. I gather his family didn't prosper all that well since I've never met or heard of a *Mr. Boycott*.

All I knew Conventry for before the history of the phrase 'being sent to Coventry', was that it had a great big cathedral there.

There's a sports presenter on the radio here called Geoff Boycott, who was also previously a professional sportsman in his younger. Footballer, or cricketer. I have no clue, I don't follow.

It's time to eat here so I'm off. Take care all and I look forward to our next meeting.

Geoff Boycott was indeed a Yorkshire cricketer famous for being self centred and more than a bit gruff.

Coventry was badly bombed in WW2 and when the city centre was rebuilt it became notorious as a town planning nightmare - all the ills of 60's architecture came home there. It just added something to the saying

Cheers Zoomer ..... well past my bedtime

Night, all, glad to see we're all in agreement!

Hi Zoomer, things are pretty good here, it's spring break! How are you?

Red Dog, that was indeed beautifully phrased. I knew you were a wit, but I didn't know you were a poet as well!

Red Dog, 60's architecture will be classic one day...just like a buried bean bag chair.

I'm reminded of a library here that was declared *heritage* even though it was built in the early 60's. As a result the entire inside was gutted and used as a multipurpose building. The exterior trashy cement and Star Trek columns covered with ugly stucco was preserved. Oh joy! One day somehow, someway this will be appreciated. I hope.

Forgive us because our heritage is short...