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

"And welcome back to this special Time Team dig in Bob Monkhouse's Joke Archive where we are heading over to trench two where I believe Phil has found something very interesting. ... Phil?"
"Ooo arr arr Zider arr, feather in me 'at, arrrrr, look at that, ooo arr."
"And what do you make of it Mick?"
"Well Tony it is quite clearly an Early Anglo Saxon "Britain needs more lerts" joke. Really quite rare and an astonishing find."
"So, a lerts joke, some Middle Ages Welshman jokes and some very interesting geophys which may turn out to be some of Britain's earliest limericks. Join as after the break to see what it all means."

*takes advantage of the break to grab another cup of tea before returning to her easy chair by the wireless*

*sits on the edge of the PC tower coffee in hand

Confused, and yet strangely intrigued....

'confused is a way of life' Oh that reminds me, wy I'd come over this way, just to say, 8 jan, London, beer, ale, cider, stout, stiff drinks, red wine bubbly, white wine and badgers : A3098991

Ooo, I was meaning to look that up to. Now to check my pennies.
Meanwhile, back at the dig;

"Welcome back. Since we showed you that beautifully preserver "lerts" joke a bit of an argument has blown up. Mick is convinced that these old jokes, along with the geophys and the medieval documents we found, indicate that this was a major site of British Guffawing in the Middle Ages. However, Ken Dodd, our local expert, is refusing to give up on his dream. Mick?"
"Its quite clear, Tony, that the geophys indicates, to me, that this was a large temple, stretching all the way to that cupboard over there and back across to this filing cabinet. The sighting of all our finds in Phil's trench,"
"Arr"
"makes me believe this was where the main altar was."
"And Ken's theory?"
"I still believe it is not an altar. If we work from my hypothesis, and the remains of a tickle stick discovered behind that bed in 1872, that this was a major Diddymen settlement, then this has all the classic looks of a defensive fortification for their settlement."
"Well, it doesn't look like they are going to agree yet, so Victor has agreed to do two artists impressions. This one shows how the area might have looked if occupied by the Cult of Humour and this one, if we follow Ken's theory. Perhaps we shall find the definitive clue on Day Three."

Bother, we're not back down till February

Awaits the end of the break, while trying not to channel hop......

They've dug up Ken Dodd?
*leans closer to the radio, which is the size of a fridge*

Quick! Bury him again!
(some things mankind is never meant to find....)

Tocc, if you're both down in February, I'm sure a mini meet could be aranged around you.

*Settles down too and passes round a plate of *

Ahh, interesting things on the gramaphone wireless set once again. I'd almost given up listening to the voices you know. Well after that one told me to go and, well best not get into that, bygones be bygones what ho.

Mmmm, ! Thank you. *awaits further news from out of the background noise of heterodynes*

Aw goody gumdrops,

Can I come, even if I am toothless??!!

Also ran1

Sadly I don't think we will have time when down in February as we have to attend a family do.

"Ken Dodd, our local expert"



He's a national treasure. A complete sell-out when he brings his one-man show to Cleethorpes. Tickets fly out the box office. Last time he was on stage for seven hours!!

I love those Time Team digs. That stripey sweater...he probably sleeps in it.

**late breaking news** well I never!

For those of you who enjoyed our trip to the Time Team, and I have to ask why, I have expanded the idea, and thus made it less interesting, in this weeks Post. Personally I'd go read TPC's excellent New Zealand trip instead.