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

A few of you might remember that just under a year ago I mentioned here that I'd joined a rifle club. Well. I shot in some competitions over the winter, and got through to the finals in three of them. Those finals took place today (in Chichester).
I won them all.
And my sister won hers as well.
I'm not entirely sure if I'm in shock or just extremely surprised... and to be honest, after I was presented with the third I wanted to run away and hide somewhere. I have to be photographed at the club with the trophies and medals as well. And someone was talking about calling the local paper... I just hope the school doesn't get to hear about it.
But... if I want to run away and hide from all this... why am I telling you lot about it?

¦M¦

An exceptional performance! Truly excellent!

Nothing to run and hide from, believe me.

Thanks.

Yes there is! Photos! Newspapers! School assemblies!

¦M¦

Photos and newspapers are good things to be in (unless you're viewed in scandalous context ). But assemblies?
I understand your concern now.

Hmm. Possibly.

It has been known that the school will, if they learn a pupil has done well at something outside school, congratulate them in the weekly assembly.

¦M¦

Urgh... I shudder at the prospect.

*Sympathy.*

Yeah, exactly.

Thanks. No I just need to make sure the school don't find out... unfortunately, I think they get the local newspapers...

¦M¦

Hide from them, that's all I can say. Or call in sick on assembly days.

OK!

¦M¦

After the first couple of months they'll probably get the hint

No they won't, they'll accuse me of truancy and suspend me.

¦M¦

Well, they won't be inviting you to assemblies as a good example to the student body then, will they?

I don't know. But it would definitely decrease my chances of getting into Oxford...

¦M¦

Well, there's your choice then!

¦M¦

Likely you told for the same reason I put the original House Hunting on here (The original first few lines said something about my having no idea why I was writing it, as the decision was Tom's and mine...)

Oh well.

¦M¦

Congratulations, Ming!

I'd challenge you to a duel-y thing. But the likelyhood of that ever actually happening are... well, slim, to put it conservatively.

Congratulations, nonetheless.





- Njan.

Thanks!

Well, we could go and shoot a card each and promise to tell the truth in what the score is...

Thanks.
I think I'm actually getting used to having won them as well...

¦M¦

Ah.

What sort of card? Counting up, or down? how many rounds? what calibre?