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

Cal, this still is not helping my fiction writing, I may have to invent a new Adult rating if this keeps up

Rated Adult and contains explicit alien scenes?

Rated X-18/AA The AA is for Alien Adult

sounds like a battery to me


Let me see the story when you're done

Dammit! I missed all the fun...

That's not Murphy's law, but I'm sure it's a universal law.

I believe it's called sod's law


which is: you can be in a place all day and nothing will happen, but the minuete you leave, fireworks, party dancing girls, the whole shabang

It's too early for that many jokes to spring to mind.

Nope, it's definately Murphy, not Sod.

Here's the scoop on it:

Murphy's Law states that if something can go wrong, it probably will. This pessimistic theory originated in 1949 when a team of engineers working for the US government were conducting experiments with rockets to see how the human body could withstand great speeds. Sensors were used to monitor the vital signs of the person driving the rocket at extremely high speeds. The first part of the experiment was a failure because someone had installed all 16 of the sensors the wrong way round. One of the engineers, Edward Murphy, grumbled something approximating his immortal law. In an interview following the experiments, one of Murphy’s colleagues was quoted as saying that no one had been injured during the dangerous experiments because they had stuck to 'Murphy’s Law' – the principal that you should always fully prepare for something bad to happen, because it probably will. It didn’t take long before Murphy’s law became infamous around the world.

Being a natural cynic, I just expect the worst. That way I spend more time being pleasantly surprised than disappointed.

Like aren't you glad that when you left your house this morning a roof tile did not suddenly fall off and land on your head?
And that the tea you drank was not comtaminated with poisonous chemicals?
And that the letter you opened was not filled with anthrax?
Ok I'm going to stop now...

It's 2:30 a.m., so I've not left the house, nor had any tea, and I get to open the office mail... But, I'll have so much to look to look forward to.

It's always difficult when one cannot sleep.
Have you tried any herbal remedies?

Yup, there's so much that could happen.

Lovely chiki spirit, A few,yes. It was the barking dog, down the road, that woke me. I don't think the neighbors would take kindly to me giving valerian to their dog, though.

Raven, I think you may have me beat for cynicism.

There isn't much we can do about barking dogs, unless you buy them a chewy chew next Christmas (or something).

Perhaps some ear muffs followed by warm milk and honey.
That may help you settle back into dreamland

You could choke on the milk or find a live bee still in the honey that stings your throat and you may have an allergic reaction to the fluff on the earmuffs and have your ears break out in a rash. I've heard of that happening before.