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

...as traveling, your new feature is! And you know I don't get out as often as I should.

Heh, thanks. I missed this post earlier today. It's an idea I had a while ago actually, recycled from one of my dormant pages.

"Creative Craziness" I saw it there, too.

My friend and I were just discussing "Timbuktu" the other day - she works for...a major restaurant chain (she'd get fired if I told you which one - can you believe that?!?), and they went bankrupt because someone got the *brilliant* idea to place one of their restaurants in Timbuktu. Guess it doesn't pay to expect sand-dwelling nomads to spend $10 on a hamburger - all just to say, "Hey! We got ourselves a restaurant out in Timbuktu!". Silly capitalists...next they'll probably build in "BFE", if they can ever pin-point it in Egypt.

Or that nearby place, East BF. You know, I'd take a fairly targeted guess at the chain, too... Planet Hollywood? (You didn't say it, I did. )

Ummm, no...I have no idea what you're talking about...

*violently shakes head up and down*

Just between you and me, you understand...

And I wonder if the people of BF or East BF Egypt are offended by our Western translation of their home's ancient and sacred name?

That's why you just leave it at East BF. Egypt doesn't figure into it, the place is simply called East BF.

You'd think they'd be after the free publicity. A mention of a name is a mention of a name.

Or not.

I, um, don't think that's really helping out the tourism industry, though, with a name like that.