RE: [gardeners] Pollinating corn - now X-Files movie
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 17:42:20
At 03:05 PM 6/29/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Seyfried,Alice <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
>
>> Catharine,
>> You're a riot!!!! Hubby and I went last week to see it (opening
>> night). What I want to know is how they got out of the "hive" without
>> being covered in those bees (which before always seemed to devour
>> whoever they were near). Apparently, pulling a jacket over one's head
>> is great bee protection (even though they weren't falling, they were
>> flying UP). But a GREAT movie, none the less.
>
>You see, they stole the part about the bees and the jacket from
>Douglas Adam's _Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy_. In the Guide there
>is the Ravenous Bug-Blatter Beast of Traal. The RBBBT is constantly
>hungry and will eat anything it can get it's hands on. What makes
>the RBBBT a tad unusual in the overall scheme of galactic oddities is
>that the RBBBT is soooooo stupid that it thinks if you can't see it
>then it can't see you. So, if you are ever being chased by a RBBBT
>then you should stop running and throw your towel over your head --
>it will eventually grow bored and wander off if you just keep your
>head covered for a while.
>
>I sincerely recommend the first 3 books in the Hitchiker trilogy.
>The 4th book in the trilogy is okay and the 5th book in the trilogy
>is just terrible.
>
>Liz
>
>
As an SF fan of long standing I would have to agree with your assessment Liz.
George