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

First POST~! OMG!

Posted Dec 31, 2003

SO I am now seaching around this website and I figured I would look at some things about me, such as Austin (where I live) and Norway(where part of me decends from). In the Austin guides I learned some boring stuff about austin, which I might need to redo for more elaboration. I did find out that Ziegenbock means male goat though.

On the norway guide I learned a few interesting things such as:

The paperclip is a Norwegian invention.
The aerosol can and the cheese slicer are Norwegian inventions.
Cross-country skiing as a sport originated in Norway and slalom is a Norwegian word.
a-ha is a Norwegian band.
The first man to the South Pole (Amundsen) was a Norwegian.
The first Europeans in North America were Norwegian Vikings.
The Nobel peace prize is awarded in Norway.
Ford Motor Company's electric car 'Think' is produced in Norway.

I also learned that the Isle of Man was once owned by Norway. This is cool because my kitten, Gus, is a Manx cat. Which I understand has its origins on the Isle of Man. So in a way, my cat is part Norweign...heheh.

H2G2 is proving to be a really neat website and I hope to do more exploring soon. Some goals I have are to learn this guideML stuff and to make a guide entry at some point.

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