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

Thank heavens there are still some people in this country with a sense of moral values...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,59-1016936,00.html

"PS. I have never kissed the editor of the Radio Times."

Bwahahahaha! Can't say I have ever wathced the BBC coverage either though.

Well, there is that. But to me it smacks of "I do all my viewing on a monochrome 405 line VHF set which I purchased in 1948 and has never needed repair. Can any other readers beat that?"

He'll be in for a shock when the valve blows!

Just wait till he finds out they switched off the VHF transmitters in the mid '80s. He'll be furious!

Ah, now that would explain why my parents portable has stopped working.

About 20 years since it last worked, is it?

I recently threw out a TV. There was nothing wrong with it, the picture was fine, and it came into its own when my proper TV was stolen.

But it had one major drawback. In order to change the channel or alter the volume, you had to *get up* and *walk* over to it, and fiddle with some controls on the front.

What kind of bizarre idea is that?

I think it comes under the heading "cruel and unusual".

It'll never catch on.

Strangely they were prevalent up until about the mid-Eighties. They used to roam in great herds, and sometimes make important decisions. But now, they are virtually extinct.

A bit like the dinosaurs then?

*reads the link*

The link? Oh yes, I remember that. Good, isn't it?

It sure is

Do you think we should write to him?

Ho yus

What should we say?

Ehm, I dunno..how about "you're an inspiration to us all?"