| Re: By pure chance, I recieved the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy VHS set for free... [message #29819] |
So, 08 Mai 2005 22:51 |
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"ASR" <r407 [at] howecadets.com> wrote in message
news:f4c1491d.0410071639.1eaf89f0 [at] posting.google.com...
> This is my first time posting on Google Groups, and (duh) this group.
> Right now I am at a Military School of grades 5-12. I will not
> announce my age or grade or anything, but I will let you know that I
> am grammatically correct and intelligent.
>
> Anyway, I was reading my THE ULTIMATE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE for the
> second time (the first being a few years ago when the books first
> caught my interest) in my barracks room during free time, when a
> fellow cadet came into my room.
> The rest is pure Hitchhiker's Guide classic coincidence.
>
> The day prior, the cadet who walked in my room, anonymously dubbed
> "Slartibartfast", recieved a random package from Amazon.com. It was
> addressed to the wrong address but clearly had his name written on it.
> The small box was in bad condition and looked like it had been going
> through the mail for a while. It was confiscated. Our tactical officer
> opened it, found it safe, and let "Slartibartfast" keep its contents.
>
> Today, he came into my room to hang out when he saw I was reading THE
> ULTIMATE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE. He made a quick connection in his mind.
> "Hitchhiker...hitchhiker..."
> He asked to see the book, saw it was a collection of books, saw the
> title of the first one, and said "I have something for you."
>
> I waited a few minutes and he emerged into my room with a double size
> VHS box with two videos in it. It looked a little old, but in good
> condition.
>
> I looked at it. At the top of the box said BBC VIDEO.
> At the bottom of the box said "DON'T PANIC" and there was a little
> computer that read "42." My heart raced. I slowly peered up to see the
> title of the VHS set.
>
> douglas adams
> _____________
> THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
>
>
> Hoo-rah. I thanked him, and he walked out. I have not yet watched it,
> but this coming weekend, with more freetime (todays free time was
> because of a soccer game after school) I will see if I can fit in a
> time to watch the at least part of the set. We have two TVs in the
> lounge, but they're mostly used for South Park and XBOX.
>
> I am eager to watch it.
>
> Thanks for listening to my story, though it was long and boring, I
> consider it a grand coincidence worthy enough of mentioning to
> good-hearted fellow Hitchhiker fans. If I forgot anything, I'll post
> it later...
Well, how did you like it? And, you're mostly grammatically correct. "Free
time" is usually two words, though that could be seen as a matter of
semantics.
Chiggy.
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