corturbra
September 2nd, 2004, 08:51 AM
http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/news/national/story.htm?linkfrom=Today&link=newsticker&article=ALL240115
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MobilePCPhysician
September 2nd, 2004, 09:04 AM
They are already here. Carefully read some of the posts here, and you'll agree.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 09:17 AM
I'm getting my towel and bathrobe ready, just in case, and keeping an eye on the white mice and dolphins. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
corturbra
September 2nd, 2004, 09:46 AM
They are already here. Carefully read some of the posts here, and you'll agree.http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Well didn't like to say but I concur with your statement sir!
Well didn't like to say but I concur with your statement sir!
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 09:47 AM
It was broadcast on the main frequency at which the universe's most common element, hydrogen, absorbs and emits energy, and which astronomers say is the most likely means by which aliens would advertise their presence.
And they know this because of extensive psychological analysis of, prolonged conversations with, and having a pint in the company of aliens, of course. :p
And they know this because of extensive psychological analysis of, prolonged conversations with, and having a pint in the company of aliens, of course. :p
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 09:48 AM
I'm getting my towel and bathrobe ready, just in case, and keeping an eye on the white mice and dolphins. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
DON'T PANIC!!!
DON'T PANIC!!!
corturbra
September 2nd, 2004, 09:49 AM
And they know this because of extensive psychological analysis of, prolonged conversations with, and having a pint in the company of aliens, of course. :p
Or because Stephen Spielberg told them? :devil:
Or because Stephen Spielberg told them? :devil:
corturbra
September 2nd, 2004, 09:52 AM
DON'T PANIC!!!
Aha so you're the one who writes the disaster literature....
Although the plane may be plummeting to earth at 120 metres/second, please take the time to read your emergency procedures brochure, when the plane crashes and catches fire, please remain calm and walk forward in an orderly fashion, and don't panic.... :thumbs: :thumbs2:
Aha so you're the one who writes the disaster literature....
Although the plane may be plummeting to earth at 120 metres/second, please take the time to read your emergency procedures brochure, when the plane crashes and catches fire, please remain calm and walk forward in an orderly fashion, and don't panic.... :thumbs: :thumbs2:
jitBob
September 2nd, 2004, 11:17 AM
I'm getting my towel and bathrobe ready, just in case, and keeping an eye on the white mice and dolphins. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Do you mean Julie_On_Drugs? http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Do you mean Julie_On_Drugs? http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Johnny Blaze
September 2nd, 2004, 11:25 AM
I want to believe
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 11:30 AM
Do you mean Julie_On_Drugs? http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Just following the advice in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe. Mmmm... must remember to put some packets of peanuts in my pockets. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Just following the advice in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe. Mmmm... must remember to put some packets of peanuts in my pockets. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 11:31 AM
DON'T PANIC!!!
Ah, someone else knows! :D
Ah, someone else knows! :D
Archer
September 2nd, 2004, 11:40 AM
Its just a satellite like last time :p
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 11:50 AM
Ah, someone else knows! :D
"This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
"This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 11:51 AM
Aha so you're the one who writes the disaster literature....
Although the plane may be plummeting to earth at 120 metres/second, please take the time to read your emergency procedures brochure, when the plane crashes and catches fire, please remain calm and walk forward in an orderly fashion, and don't panic.... :thumbs: :thumbs2:
Actually:
Ford handed the book to Arthur.
"What is it?" asked Arthur.
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's a sort of electronic book. It tells you everything you need to know about anything. That's its job."
Arthur turned it over nervously in his hands.
"I like the cover," he said. "'Don't Panic.' It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."
Although the plane may be plummeting to earth at 120 metres/second, please take the time to read your emergency procedures brochure, when the plane crashes and catches fire, please remain calm and walk forward in an orderly fashion, and don't panic.... :thumbs: :thumbs2:
Actually:
Ford handed the book to Arthur.
"What is it?" asked Arthur.
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It's a sort of electronic book. It tells you everything you need to know about anything. That's its job."
Arthur turned it over nervously in his hands.
"I like the cover," he said. "'Don't Panic.' It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 11:54 AM
Just following the advice in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe. Mmmm... must remember to put some packets of peanuts in my pockets. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
"You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water."
"You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water."
thorian
September 2nd, 2004, 12:25 PM
well as long as they change the sheets let em......
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 01:00 PM
"You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water."
"So long and thanks for all the fish!" http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
Now what did I do with my digital watch? :D
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water."
"So long and thanks for all the fish!" http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
Now what did I do with my digital watch? :D
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 01:03 PM
...Now what did I do with my digital watch? :D
So you still think those are a pretty good idea? :p
So you still think those are a pretty good idea? :p
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 01:10 PM
So you still think those are a pretty good idea? :p
Well, now that you mention it, I am beginning to wonder if coming down from the trees was that great of an idea, as well. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
However, I am honing my sandwich-making skills and securing a properly sharp knife. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Well, now that you mention it, I am beginning to wonder if coming down from the trees was that great of an idea, as well. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
However, I am honing my sandwich-making skills and securing a properly sharp knife. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 01:11 PM
Well, now that you mention it, I am beginning to wonder if coming down from the trees was that great of an idea, as well. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif...
What about crawling out of the ocean in the first place? :cool:
What about crawling out of the ocean in the first place? :cool:
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 01:19 PM
What about crawling out of the ocean in the first place? :cool:
Good point! Just remember not to suggest we try being nice to one another! You know what happened to the last guy who said that.
Maybe it would help if we put a paperbag over our heads? Then again, probably not, although it might make us feel better. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Good point! Just remember not to suggest we try being nice to one another! You know what happened to the last guy who said that.
Maybe it would help if we put a paperbag over our heads? Then again, probably not, although it might make us feel better. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 01:46 PM
If you don't stop that, I'll have to resort to reading Vogon poetry to you.
And you know what they say about Vogon poetry...
Vogon poetry is of course, the third worst in the universe.
The second worst is that of the Asgoths of Crea. During a recitation by their poetmaster Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in my Armpit One Midsummer Morning" four of his audience died of internal haemorrhaging and the president of the mid-galactic Arts Knobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off.
Grunthos was reported to have been "disappointed" by the poem's reception, and was about to embark on a reading of his 12-book epic entitled "My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles" when his own major intestine, in a desperate attempt to save humanity, leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain.
The very worst poetry of all perished along with its creator, Paul Neil Milne Johnstone of Redbridge, in the destruction of the planet Earth. Vogon poetry is mild by comparison.
And you know what they say about Vogon poetry...
Vogon poetry is of course, the third worst in the universe.
The second worst is that of the Asgoths of Crea. During a recitation by their poetmaster Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem "Ode to a Small Lump of Green Putty I Found in my Armpit One Midsummer Morning" four of his audience died of internal haemorrhaging and the president of the mid-galactic Arts Knobbling Council survived only by gnawing one of his own legs off.
Grunthos was reported to have been "disappointed" by the poem's reception, and was about to embark on a reading of his 12-book epic entitled "My Favourite Bathtime Gurgles" when his own major intestine, in a desperate attempt to save humanity, leapt straight up through his neck and throttled his brain.
The very worst poetry of all perished along with its creator, Paul Neil Milne Johnstone of Redbridge, in the destruction of the planet Earth. Vogon poetry is mild by comparison.
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 01:49 PM
If you don't stop that, I'll have to resort to reading Vogon poetry to you.
And you know what they say about Vogon poetry...
No, anything but that. Just put me in the airlock. I'll take my chances on the infinitely improbability of running into the Heart of Gold. I just hope the have a really hot cup of tea in the drive! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
And you know what they say about Vogon poetry...
No, anything but that. Just put me in the airlock. I'll take my chances on the infinitely improbability of running into the Heart of Gold. I just hope the have a really hot cup of tea in the drive! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Stalemate
September 2nd, 2004, 02:12 PM
Well, that's a very good example of SEP.
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 02:17 PM
Well, that's a very good example of SEP.
Que'st que c'est? SEP? :confused:
Que'st que c'est? SEP? :confused:
hudsonsmith
September 2nd, 2004, 02:28 PM
Que'st que c'est? SEP? :confused:
The letters stand for "Somebody Else's Problem". An SEP field can be erected on, or projected around a bizarre and unbelievable scene so that the unconscious minds of the observers instantly abdicate responsibility for its existence, assert that it's "somebody else's problem", and therefore don't perceive it at all. The primary example of this was given in the third book Life, the Universe and Everything, when a UFO (A spaceship powered by the Bistromatic drive owned by the fictional character Slartibartfast) landed in the middle of a cricket ground during a match, and the assembled crowd failed to notice it.
The SEP field requires much less energy than a normal invisibility field, due to the natural propensity of humans to see things as Somebody Else's Problem.
The letters stand for "Somebody Else's Problem". An SEP field can be erected on, or projected around a bizarre and unbelievable scene so that the unconscious minds of the observers instantly abdicate responsibility for its existence, assert that it's "somebody else's problem", and therefore don't perceive it at all. The primary example of this was given in the third book Life, the Universe and Everything, when a UFO (A spaceship powered by the Bistromatic drive owned by the fictional character Slartibartfast) landed in the middle of a cricket ground during a match, and the assembled crowd failed to notice it.
The SEP field requires much less energy than a normal invisibility field, due to the natural propensity of humans to see things as Somebody Else's Problem.
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 02:32 PM
The letters stand for "Somebody Else's Problem". An SEP field can be erected on, or projected around a bizarre and unbelievable scene so that the unconscious minds of the observers instantly abdicate responsibility for its existence, assert that it's "somebody else's problem", and therefore don't perceive it at all. The primary example of this was given in the third book Life, the Universe and Everything, when a UFO (A spaceship powered by the Bistromatic drive owned by the fictional character Slartibartfast) landed in the middle of a cricket ground during a match, and the assembled crowd failed to notice it.
The SEP field requires much less energy than a normal invisibility field, due to the natural propensity of humans to see things as Somebody Else's Problem.
Oof Dah! My bad! It has been too many years since I enjoyed Mr Adams writings. Time to dust them off and enjoy them again! Darn shame he is no longer with us!
The SEP field requires much less energy than a normal invisibility field, due to the natural propensity of humans to see things as Somebody Else's Problem.
Oof Dah! My bad! It has been too many years since I enjoyed Mr Adams writings. Time to dust them off and enjoy them again! Darn shame he is no longer with us!
TechZ
September 2nd, 2004, 04:25 PM
adept, what have u typed the entire book of Hitchhiker's....! It was a good book though.
El_Squid
September 2nd, 2004, 04:56 PM
adept, what have u typed the entire book of Hitchhiker's....! It was a good book though.
Perhaps he is on the verge of a new WOTPP technique. Simply type in the text of any publication and Post it! Voila! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
Perhaps he is on the verge of a new WOTPP technique. Simply type in the text of any publication and Post it! Voila! http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
3fingersalute
September 2nd, 2004, 11:48 PM
I think this thread definitely caught teh gay!
NooNoo
September 3rd, 2004, 07:58 AM
I think this thread definitely caught teh gay!
Take that back or I will set Adept and his unassailable knowledge of Douglas Adams trivia upon you....
Wait... Adams was a mac user - of the rabid variety.....
Take that back or I will set Adept and his unassailable knowledge of Douglas Adams trivia upon you....
Wait... Adams was a mac user - of the rabid variety.....
gazzak
September 3rd, 2004, 08:03 AM
They will be here in approximately 3,000 million years, before 10am.
El_Squid
September 3rd, 2004, 09:43 AM
They will be here in approximately 3,000 million years, before 10am.
Unless they engage the Bad News drives, in which case they have already been here and left. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Unless they engage the Bad News drives, in which case they have already been here and left. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
Camaro80z
September 3rd, 2004, 02:52 PM
Unless they engage the Bad News drives, in which case they have already been here and left. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/sagrin.gif
I have no idea whaat you just said.
I have no idea whaat you just said.
El_Squid
September 3rd, 2004, 04:13 PM
I have no idea whaat you just said.
Another Douglas Adams reference. The Bad News drives were the best, because "nothing travels faster than bad news", but people were not happy to see you when you got there, so they weren't widely adopted. Instead the used the Infinite Improbability drive, like in the ship Heart of Gold.
But, it is all in a great series of books by Douglas Adams written around the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
Another Douglas Adams reference. The Bad News drives were the best, because "nothing travels faster than bad news", but people were not happy to see you when you got there, so they weren't widely adopted. Instead the used the Infinite Improbability drive, like in the ship Heart of Gold.
But, it is all in a great series of books by Douglas Adams written around the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe. http://forums.windrivers.com/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
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