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

Hmmmmm... So what do we have so far?

Let's, for the moment, call it Super Curling.

Super Curling is to be started from the top of a ski jump. The object will be for the frantic broom-waving contestants to stop the bloody big rock from catapulting off the ski jump into the Cheerleaders in skimpy outfits.

Mines, trip wires and a lone sniper (preferably from one of the opposing teams) are just a few of the enhanced obstacles to be provided.

I think we have the beginnings of a great sport here! What else does it need?



To answer an earlier question which BB and I seem to have totally ignored, baseball does not have a huge following in Australia. I'm not even sure if we have a national league.

All thats left to do is get Olympic sanctioning.

We can take the place of one of those sports no one watches or cares about, such as Biathalon. This is much more exciting use of firearms and snow!

Bbone has been very quiet lately. Are there any authorities in Australia he could be alerting about us and our new sport?

*Busterbone enters from "New Sports Registration" office*

Ummm..yes...umm.

Anywaaaaay, I think the new sport could be improved by crocodiles. In fact, most sports could be improved by crocodiles.

We put the crocodiles at the end of the ski jump so if any of the contestants go off the end.....well, it becomes much more exciting for the spectators

*ponders the introduction of "ball crocodiles" in tennis*

Or crocodiles in the sandpit at the Long Jump. The verrrryyy long jump.

*imagines the crocodiles in a frozen state and stiff as a board at the end of the ski jump*



Heated moat!!!

...and give those crocs high-powered rifles then we can eliminate the sniper!

Have a great weekend. (that is if you have weekends there as we do here)

You know: sports...beer...movies...beer...picnics...beer...nightclubs...beer...friends...beer...

My weekend went more along the lines of.....

beer...beer...beer...beer....... I'm sure there was something else I was going to do! Oh well, beer...beer...beer...beer...

I see the weekends are better there. You cut out all the unimportant stuff!

I went to a dinner dance with my wife on the weekend for the first time in a long time. We took a cab so we could both drink.

And because its been a long time since I've been able to drink I started with 5 glasses of wine in the first hour. Then onto the cider and then the beer and then some port to finish up with.

And as I went to sleep in my slowly spinning bed I thought "You'll pay for this tomorrow"

And the next morning I woke up and felt GREAT.

Weird..

Maybe you forgot how to have a hangover.

They say the first thing to go is the memory...I think...or maybe it's the...

Hey is cider an alcoholic beverage there?

Here it's just smashed apples.

Ooo yes!

I believe I could purchase non-alcoholic cider if I really wanted to, but what would be the point? I might as well just go and buy apple juice.

I'll take the smashed & fermented apples, anyday!

So in Australia the cider gets you smashed.

Is all cider in the US of A non-alcoholic???

Cider as far as I've ever heard refers to a heavier apple juice
usually made at the end of harvest season.
There may be an alcoholic version around
but I haven't heard it refered to as cider.
Then again I'm not a drinking expert.

I drink I fall down...no studying needed for that.

Speaking of harvest season and Autumn.
You should be done with Winter there and heading into Spring.
Warming up?

Not spring, Summer.

And yes very warm in fact.

I have sunburn and still the pool isn't clean.

Time to head to the beaches with the kids.

Sounds great!

As I sit in my office I'm watching chill winds whip
dried brown leaves around the yellowing lawn.
In the background cloudless skys set starkly against
leafless branches of trees that won't be green again until April.



Snow will be here in a month or two.

Sunburn...huh?

SNOW!!

I went to see the snow once. The only good thing about it was that I spent the entire time in front of an open fire with an in my hand, looking out the window at the snow. There were some fools out skiing on it, but I much prefer water for skiing on.

Never seen snow.

My wife wants us to go to Thredbo one year for the skiing.

I'd prefer to be out on the water up here on the sunshine coast