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

Morning All

Its officially Autumn - its hissing down here

Still its Friday although I will be here on Monday

Suppose you will probably need Monday off to recover of the humiliation of a trouncing in Croke Park

There won't be any trouncing in Croke Park.

It will be a narrow defeat.

And every mucksavage in the office will be grinning from ear to ear on Monday even though none of them are from Kerry.

Afternoon people.

Yup I actually got up in the morning today.

Jack, are you watching Ireland's match tomorrow morning in the pub?

I doubt if I'll make it to the pub by 9.30, Mac.

Making it out of bed by 9.30 will be quite an achievement.

Ireland set to be stuffed by the Aussies on Saturday and Dublin almost certain to be beaten by Kerry in the Gaelic football final on Sunday. Bad times. Arsenal will probably do their best to make it a hat trick of defeats for me this weekend.

One thing's for sure. I'm not buying any lotto tickets.

Bad things come in threes Jack so logically you should be winning the lottery.

You think so, Mac?

I dunno. If I buy a ticket and don't win you're gonna look pretty silly. And I wouldn't like to do that to you.

So I won't buy a ticket.

You could fly over to see Melbourne Sue with those winnings Jack.

I'd be a useless miillionaire, I'd spend about 20 grand of it probably.


In four years.

You wouldn't purchase a twenty bedroom mansion with hot and cold running women and a ferrari in the driveway like the rest of would, Mac?

Anyway, I'm going to console myself over the fact that I'm not a millionaire by having a classic.

Probably not Jack. I've got a big enough house for the women to be in anyway. Having a Ferrari for show might be worth it though.

Classic is on my menu also Jack.

Would it be the only ferrari in Colne, Mac?

The classic was a success.

I'd have thought so Jack. Most of them just loiter on the streets.



Also, glad to hear of the success Jack.

So Friday afternoon has arrived.

Weekend plans? Back behind the sofa for a couple of hours tomorrow, I guess.

And the problem is Jack, if we mess it up tomorrow the it'll ruin most of the wekeend.

I'd rather us play last on the Sunday.

No plans though, other than to watch the football.

Sounds good, Mac.

If the football goes well it makes the entire weekend go well. I mean you could be struck by lightning while watching your house burn down on a Friday night and when your missus visits you in hospital on the Saturday she could inform you that your kids are actually the milkman's.......but if Arsenal nick three points, you'd still have a quiet sense of satisfaction after the weekend.

Well, you would, wouldn't you?

Exactly Jack, nothing can wipe the smile of your face when your team wins. Hence why we have been so miserable since February.

The way it had been going since February, being struck by lightning, the house burning down and being told the kids aren't yours would be the more preferable option.

Far preferable.

All that would be a walk in the park compared with what we've gone through.

Exactly. Again this comes back to us being idiots for supporting a football team Jack.

I know, Mac.

But it's part of us now. Almost like our genes. And there's nothing we can do about it.

True Jack. If I was told my kids weren't mine the same weekend Arsenal lost, I wouldn't be able to stop thinking about...












how poor we were in the match.