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

Hello CG. When you get here, of course....

Good morning all
Cracking day, I’ve got no hangover and I’m one with the world. Thanks for the welcome Hazel; I hope you don’t mind me popping in every now and then. As for you Alistair, life is very difficult at the moment being a Spurs supporter, so take the opportunity to kick me whilst I’m down. You missed a cracking trip last week Magster, Two friends and I had a fantastic time in Belgium.

In the immortal words of Lord Bono Vox of U2.
'It's a beautiful day,

Sky falls, you feel like

It's a beautiful day

I'm not playing bloody cr***et.'

Morning all. Must dash and top up the tan.

Ali you big sissy you - wot do you mean you don't know what is going on!

Hazel, Magster and I have been voting like mad for Peregrine.

It does seem a shame to abandon the original Is this... maybe we could sneak back in in a week or so!

Good Afternoon sun-worshippers,

far too lovely & hot to go anywhere further than the back garden. Only blot on the landscape is that when I went out to get the paper this morning there had been a road accident on the main road - lots of police, ambulances and fire-engines around, as well as loads of people staring (why?)

Anyway - enjoy the weather while it's here.

ps Ali - I'm sure U2 didn't sing about c****et. In fact, nobody sings about c***et.

Hazel,

Funnily enough, 10cc wrote a song that mentioned cr***et. 'Dreadlock Holiday' from their 1978 album 'Bloody Tourists' is a sort of cod-reggae number that features the lines:

'I don't like cr***et (my sympathies entirely, mate), oh no/I love it.

So there you have it.

OK Ali. So you can think of one song that has one reference to c****et. It hardly ranks it alongside the great themes of love, loss, betrayal, angst and riding in cars in terms of popularity, does it?

How's your tan coming along? Nothing burned, I hope.

I have a cr***eter's tan, Hazel. Brown face and forearms, white legs and chest and hair that is becoming more blonde by the day. Besides, I am loath to inflict my chest and legs on bystanders; they deserve better.

Yours?

Well I have managed a little better than that, by sunbathing in a sleeveless top and shorts. But my arms are still much browner than my legs, which always seem to take a lot longer. I don't tend to expose my chest in public either, strangely enough

hello, is this the new is this...?

Hi Legers, old bean.

'Is this...' is a new form of 'Is this......'.

It has been rebranded and has been described by style gurus as '"Is this" for the new generation', 'a more sober form of "Is this"' and one cultural commentator said, 'This [new 'Is this...'] is not the 'Is this......' we have become accustomed to but a post-Thatcher, post-Beckham, post-Anton Kasprovics 'Is this...', adorned with the 2003 chic of the new fashion cavaliers that are plying their trade in the great houses of New York, Paris, London and Droitwich. 'This is...' should not be called 'Is this...' - because it is too trite, too understated - but 'Neo-Is this...' because it is a movement, an irresistible cultural tide; a revolution of awareness.'

Erratum: ..."'This is...' should not be called"...

This should read: ..."'Is this...' should not be called"...

Indeed, Ali, it should perhaps be better called "This IS..."

Hi Legers - glad you found us.

I understand, but what about the old "is this..."?
I can see that we must evolve and grow out, but some things should be kept the same unless there is a good reason to do otherwise. I got used to the old "it this"

Should I erase it now?

Legers - I think we all liked the old "Is this..." but it just got impossible to post with the interruptions. We should definitely restart our BB, I think.

Evening all

Legers, don't erase it, we may go back there one day when it is safe to do so. So what have the young been up to this weekend then Legers?

ohh well. As dear Freddy Mercury said: "Show Must Go On."

I agree with BB as long as my character will be free of his bean adiction

Forgot to say, heard from BoP and she is giving h2 a rest for a while but she says to say hello and something about watching out for Jude Law and Kevin Costner 'cos they're sneaky Bas****s...her words not mine

Hi Magster - did the day go to plan (sunbathing, wine etc.)

How does one 'erase' oneself from an H2G2 'thread'?

Actually, forget I asked that question.