Hitchhike.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book.

In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitchhiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects.

First, it is slightly cheaper; and second, it has the words DON'T PANIC inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has a peculiar entry on what to do if you face certain, unavoidable death at the claws of a Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal; the same method for "What to do if you find yourself trapped beneath a large boulder with no means of escape."

Because the planet Earth has no known population of Ravenous Bugblatter Beasts of Traal nor an abundant population of large boulders, I assume that this is the same method when faced with thick, unavoidable but slow-moving examination papers.

It says this:
"Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer."

With that, I hope all of you enjoyed Towel Day (Tuesday) and didn't panic!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, it could be your new before-bed reading material. It's mine already. ^*wink

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IGCSE 2010
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
11.05.2010 - 11.06.2010