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

That is rather odd. I've never thought of it that way, though serious abuse from a female to a male is just as sick, if not sicker.

Punk bands make people look like better bassists? Some punk band bass players look extremely foolish but some look extremely...

Well most punk bands play power chords, so if you can do a few fancy bits it makes you look like you're a superb bassist when actually if you looked at a jazz bass tab you'd start whimpering.

Oh and in real life violence is horrible, but in sitcoms it's quite a common gag. See 'Friends', Monica vs. Ross.

Power cords. I get it. As long as you look good and play very loudly, you're good?

Ross and Monica is just sibling violence. That's a common thing, though she doesn't really hurt him...much...

Got it in one.

Nowadays sibling violence appears to be restricted to computer games, which admittedly saves on the pain aspect of things but if you're ever mugged by someone who fights exactly the same as your brother/sister then you won't know what to do...

The idea is not to get mugged. How is sibling violence now confined to computer games? I don't understand that when everyone I know punches their siblings out and not on the computer.

Sorry I was away for the weekend. It was dull though. Anyhoo, I think brothers and sisters still fight hand to hand but one of my friends continually wages war on his brother via computer games, which is a good thing, because if he actually wanted to blow him up, shoot and stab him etc. then this is probably better than actually doing it.

Where'd you go? The only time I have killed my brother was playing Civilization games (all million of them). There are these pre-recorded sound effects on the one we happened to be playing so I kept bombarding his computer with an old lady with an annoying voice saying, "don't point that thing at me!" I entered it so many times that it played that track over and over and over and over and over again for hours. It was great.

Birmingham, only I didn't see any of the interesting bits, it was a 6-a-side soccer tournament. I've been three times before anyway.

Apparently, according to a Dilbert book which you may or may not have read, someone took a mp3 of the Meg Ryan fake orgasm scene in 'When Harry Met Sally' and put in on his boss' computer in place of the usual 'beep' noise whenever something goes wrong, and put the volume on full. It took him all day to fix it, turning the volume down apparently not occuring to him.

Ah. Soccer. Great things. Broken noses and ribs.

That's great. Turning off speakers would make sense, but I'd probably leave it on just to scare people.

Never had anything too serious while playing football/soccer. Just cuts, bruises, strains & pains, and one broken wrist. Mind you I've been lucky.

I might get an American roommate at Uni, so I'm teaching myself to call it 'soccer' to avoid confusion.

If I knew how to change the beep noise on my computer, I'd probably swap it for the really loud bit from 'Ode to Joy'. Which brings us neatly back to your original question .

Okay, now I'm confused. You're talking about soccer with a white and black ball or the actual brown, pointy thingie? I was thinking soccer, and I think I'm right. Think.

Fiddle with settings. It's great fun as long as you don't start deleting things. The original music was everything but classical. Gotcha. Now my brain is chasing in loops, but I've got it. I'm cool, I can, I think I can...

Bad week, brain isn't functioning well.

Hi! I'm at Uni now, not got an American roomate but met some asshole from Michigan and a nice guy from New York in my hall. How are you? sorry, can't really remember what we were talking about before

I can't remember what we were talking about either, so that's cool. Michigan, go figure. Most yankees are like that. *waits for boots* I'm dandy, you? What are you majoring in or whatever you call it over there?

I'm Beano.You might not get that, it's a British joke (two children's comics by same company called 'Dandy' and 'Beano', might get them in American but I doubt it, and one of those was my nickname at school but that's over now). Anyhoo, I'm 'doing a degree in' (your way sounds so much better) Philosophy. And my brain is currently scampering away in fear at how much boredom awaits me before I get to do Ethics instead of Logic.

I don't suppose I'd get the joke. Ah, well, the sacrifices we make. I hate to ask, but what sort of job can you get with a philosophy degree?

Preferably none, I want to be a hobo, only without the poverty.

just make sure you brush your teeth so they dont fall out and you become the stereotypical hobo. i have a friend whos going to be a bum. i, personally, am going to drive the steves super straws truck while another friend drives the rival don-jons sewage removal truck. how high todays youth are setting their goals...

Originally I planned to live in a cave but the rent on those things is terrible.

Caves are a nice idea, but you'd have to live in a warm climate. They'd get rather cold and clammy in the winter. Maybe a well?

I'm going to end up like one of Lewis Carroll's lesser known characters. :D