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

*waves to everyone*

*catches lightshade with cigarette*

*throws nearest liquid at smouldering lightshade*

*runs hand through singed hair*

*realises the nearest liquid was Jack Daniels*

*resolves to cut down on the waving in future*

Things going okay, Tav? We're just finally getting over a month-long heat wave. 40-42º every single flicking day!

Today was a coolish 33º.

az

Got any eyebrows left, Roymondo?

az

Yeah - I've learned to keep a spare pair handy.

I'm fine, thanks, but after the heat wave in July it's now rather cold.
Malabarista visited me last week, she left today.

Yeah, I'm here - hi, Tav, long time, no see!

*waves to everyone else, too*

Luckily, she only managed to take pictures of me from behind

Hi all *waves*

yes, pity

What are these waves?
They're coming over me
It must be my destiny

RF

Hope you aren't drowned, RF

I quite liked those cool light effects in your dancing photo, Batty. That was in Italy?

az

Not drowning, but waving.

RF

Good - and saving poor Germans , eh ?

Thanks for the wonderful welcome.

Try not to laugh Az but that is cigarette smoke.. the person taking the photo smoked quite a bit. Yes. It was in Italy. A small seaside village called Diamante in Calabria. The gentleman I'm dancing with owns the villa where we were. A friend of a friend.

The smoke looks really remarkably .

I have to agree. Many people have asked me about that and were invariably disappointed to learn it was something as simple as a nicotine habit.

*Joins in the Mexican wave*

Hiya from me too!

Hi lil. What's a Mexican wave?

Umm...

Where they all take it in turns to stand up and wave..

similar to ooOOOOOOoooooOOOOOooooOOOOoooOOOOOOO all round the arena

I've found a bit of video

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/video/view?&h=119&w=145&type=flash&rurl=www.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DA6qYc8_HQ5U%26search%3DPeter%2520Crouch%2520robot%2520celebration%2520england%2520hungary%2520joe%2520cole&vurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FA6qYc8_HQ5U.swf&back=ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dslv8-msgr%26p%3Dmexican%2520wave%26fr2%3Dtab-web&turl=re2.mm-da.yimg.com%2Fimage%2F1639042419&name=A6qYc8_HQ5U.swf&no=9&tt=38&p=mexican+wave&ei=UTF-8&oid=183d8ea9bb9031ee&size=30&dur=1&src=p