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

Can i have a Mocha coffee plz with cream n choccy chips ?

Sure, no worries. Oh......hang on I'm out of Chocky chips, I do have marshmellows, honeycomb chunks and.......what's this CAROB FLAKES!!!
RIGHT THAT'S IT WHO PUT CAROB IN MY CUPBOARD?????? COME ON OWN UP!!!!

Hmmm..sorry about the yelling can't abide Carob!

Madhamish
(So, anyone else wanna coffee made by a WDM? Abbi, Jellen? MadHamish?......oh yeah, that's me (Oh Dear!))

I do not understand carob,who needs it?
Just what is wrong with chocolate? I say don't mess with the best!

Damn straight, death to all carob!

As a matter of fact, why not go a step further and make Carob a swear word. It could be a nasty, belittling way of calling someone a cheap or poor imitation of something else. Instead of calling someone unoriginal or a copy cat you could call them "Carob"


MadHamish
(Anything that tastes that bad deserves to be a curse word!)

Oh I LIKE IT!

Carob tastes like tree bark

Indeed! And that's giving tree bark a bad name!

MadHamish
(Never tasted tree bark, but imagine it's much like drinking tea without the water)

Hi ho! Ellen here. We are still without power, but I am staying a couple nights with my brother, who does have power. Yay! Micio is doing all right, she is still at my Mom and Dad's. She's been a little hot in her fur coat, and wondering why I don't turn on the lights, but she's fine. She can see better in dim light than I can! She was smart during the storm, she got in the closet. It feels very strange to be sitting here in the nice airconditioning. I wish they would hurry up and get power to my place though. Best estimate is another week or so. The traffic lights won't be fixed for a month though - so many were damaged that they are on backorder. I'm trying not to drive - I don't want to get in a wreck on top of everything else.

JEllen

Hiya Mad Hamish

Aw thats a shame but i will settle for marshmallows,don`t want no cheap imitations for choccy YUK i don`t eat it very often so when i do i only eat the best

Heres my plz top it up Trish the auld

Hi Jeelen *waves happily* Glad to hear from you.
Too bad it will take that long! We have heard very little about it here which is kind of odd. The weather is usually a big topic.

I hope your parents are holding up well.
Glad is smart and safe

Hamish, if your world domination machine is responsible for all this, I'll be sending you the bill!

Hi Abbi dear.

JELLen

Surely the Mad man had other plans that night!

I think I'll just refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me!

MadHamish
(I plead the fifth your honour!)

The media has dubbed the storm Hurricane Elvis!

that is adventure you do not want happen too often
...glad you are alive and back!

Thanks Pheloxi!

Here's a few more tidbits about the storm:

I read that several people were saved by their dogs. The animals whined until they got out of bed - and the next thing they knew a tree trunk was laying where they had just been sleeping.

The storm came on very very quickly. On frantic jogger ran up to people's doors and tried to get in, but the air pressure was too great, and she couldn't get the door open. So she ran into an open garage and crawled under a car. Dramatic stuff.

I was scared for a few minutes, but the storm was over so quickly I didn't even have time to become terrified.

JEllen *just call us the new Windy City*

Sounds terrible JEllen, we haven't had anything that bad since a tornado hit areas of the city about 10 years ago.

Awww

Hi Abbi! *waves*