tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post2839952574678936366..comments2024-03-27T07:37:20.144+00:00Comments on electrichalibut.co.uk: don't panicelectrichalibuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365477143816746297noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-51524660722058131122013-03-12T17:14:54.536+00:002013-03-12T17:14:54.536+00:00my favourite was always this one:
SKIBBEREEN (n.)...my favourite was always this one:<br /><br />SKIBBEREEN (n.) The noise made by a sunburned thigh leaving a plastic chair.electrichalibuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365477143816746297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33388979.post-26914038524331933142013-03-12T17:07:48.531+00:002013-03-12T17:07:48.531+00:00I don't particularly agree with Adams' not...I don't particularly agree with Adams' notion that agnostics have a desire to think less about "stuff" than atheists, but I know you agree with Adams on that score.<br />On the subject of his books, I'm afraid I have only read "Last chance to see" (for obvious reasons with me).<br />Never read Hitchhikers... Always felt a bit too sci fi for me, though it probably wasn't and I maybe should have given it a chance.<br />Oh... Liff was ALWAYS on the lav cistern at home, for those satisfying long craps whilst reading. <br />I particularly liked his definition of "Abilene" (if I remember correctly). "The pleasing coolness found on the reverse side of the pillow".<br />Or "amersham".<br />"A sneeze which never arrives. Named after the tube station in Bucks, on the metropolitan line, at which the tracks always rattle, but the train never arrives...."The Black Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10041328339344144512noreply@blogger.com