Why MrExcel is like Hitch Hiking

[kgkev]

Why Basingstoke???


BTW Which roundabout are you on about? There are so many!!

I have a 4 mile bike ride to work and have to navigate 8 roundabouts.


Not much chance of picking someone up who's gonna attack you here.

 

[xlHammer]

Rob, I think the analogy may be breaking down here a little... quote]


What if the car broke down ... and the hitcher had to get out and push ... that would be like when ... um ... no it's gone.

 

[RoryA]

"Need lift - Marco go Birmingham."?
Of course, we already know that Marco runs fast, so he probably wouldn't bother hitching.

 

[cornflakegirl]

Why Basingstoke???

It's a (half-remembered) Douglas Adams' quote...

 

[RoryA]

It's a (half-remembered) Douglas Adams' quote...

"Excuse me?" said Arthur. "Are you trying to tell me that we just stuck out our thumbs and some green bug-eyed monster stuck his head out and said, Hi fellas, hop right in. I can take you as far as the Basingstoke roundabout?"

 

[cornflakegirl]

"It claimed to produce the widest possible range of drinks personally matched to the tastes and metabolism of whoever cared to use it. When put to the test, however, it invariably produced a plastic cup filled with a liquid which was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea."

He was a very funny man.

 

[Lewiy]

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the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1lace w:st="on">Basingstoke</st1lace> roundabout<o></o>

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Actually this is a fairly accurate part of the analogy…Hitch hops into my car in <st1:City w:st="on">Reading</st1:City> and asks for the <st1lace w:st="on">Basingstoke</st1lace> Roundabout… “Which one?”, I say…….. “I’ll know it’s the right one when I see it”, he(or she) replies. “Ok, so which direction should we set off in?”, I ask. “Umm, well, I don’t really know the way, so let’s start by heading to <st1lace w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City></st1lace> and see if that helps”, Hitch answers.<o></o>
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Many people know what they want to achieve, but don’t know how to get there and their initial idea of how it might be achieved is completely wrong/mis-guided.<o></o>
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(for those of you who don’t know, <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City> is the opposite direction from <st1:City w:st="on">Reading</st1:City> that <st1lace w:st="on">Basingstoke</st1lace> is)<o></o>

 

[Domski]

That was hallarious Gerald...Although I don't think ANYONE, even posters here, would be physically located in England and ask to hitch a rid to Birmingham Alabama...LOL.

Even the Brummies get confused so anyone else could: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7560392.stm

 

[Cindy Ellis]

"Need lift - Marco go Birmingham."?
Of course, we already know that Marco runs fast, so he probably wouldn't bother hitching.

I work with Marco...he's on his way to Hawaii tomorrow He doesn't plan to run at all there, even though he runs faster in other location.

 

[Lewiy]

Does anyone else find it slightly ironic that Birmingham City Council would, in celebration of their recycling efforts, print nearly three-quarters-of-a-million glossy leaflets??!!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>