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

40? That'll be my next b-day too! An extra good time to quit smoking?

nope, I'm an archer, not a goat

as good a year as any to quit
so how does it feel now lifes beginning HBFJ

Well it's going to be interesting, I think. But you're closer to 40 than me! What do you think of it?

Maybe it's because you're so witty and charming, I just assumed you were one of us

I'm not supposed to get along with Saggs because we're so close together, but my brother, my best mate from High School and the boy are all Half Man/Half Horse types and I've never had a problem with it...

(except that you're all grumpy drama queens )

it doesn't feel that different from 18 or 25 or 30 but that is perhaps a sign of my continuing immaturity or that the changes are so gradual that you don't notice them

(except that you're all grumpy drama queens)
Surely a dead giveaway there then

I don't think I'll hit my prime until I'm in my 40s anyway...but then, I suppose most people are aware of the fact that I plan to be a Crazy Old Hippie Lady on a Motorcyle

I can never tell, I keep forgetting that Saggitarians are nearly as intelligent as Capricorns

Really
Nice to be nearly as intelligent as somebody

Don't judge yourself too poorly Kitty...Capricorns are the next evolutionary step...that's why we're so clever....and so sad

you should read Galapogos by Vonnegut, the next evolutionary step is less intelligence as Mother Nature decides the whole idea was a bad mistake

There's a whole stack of Vonnegut I have to read, but I can't find them...luckily enough I know enough about his w**k to know not to take it too seriously

yes, but intelligence isn't neccessarily an evolutionary advantage
the dinosaurs were around for far longer than we have been and were not known for brain power
we could be the first species to cause our own extinction

And it would serve us right too

Yes, that'd teach us

To be honest, I don't think it could happen to a more deserving species...I mean, it would be a proper reward for all the love and consideration we've treated the planet and our cohbitants with...

I know, and yet such a self-satisfied species too

Sorry, got my grumpy pants on today

Btw (it's Monday)...just noticed your tagline...the boy can understand your desire, but still refuses to believe that everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads )

he hasn't burnt anything down has he?

No, but not through lack of trying...for some reason, he wants to stop the ones who want prosthetic foreheasd on their heads !

I was listening to that before I went to bed this morning (which was yesterday morning of course)

,erm> still van't remember the words though

If I was a carpenter I'd hammer on my piglet, I'd collect the seven dollars and I'd buy a big prosthetic forehead and wear it on my real head - everybody wants prosthetic foreheads on their real heads!

I think you could get and talk for hours about that one...of course I'm thinking of basing a religion on "Particle Man"