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Win a Part in the Hitchhiker's Guide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sign-me-up dept.

jweatherley writes "The BBC are offering someone the chance to win a part in the forthcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. You just have to send them a picture of somewhere on Earth that deserves to be spared from the Vogons by 25 June - oh and be British!" Python impressions don't count ;)

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  1. The Book by strictnein · · Score: 2, Informative

    In case you want to read your favorite chapter:

    http://www.totse.com/en/ego/science_fiction/hitc h1 .html

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    1. Re:The Book by strictnein · · Score: 4, Informative

      and yes... I am an idiot for not linking to it

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  2. Terry Gilliam by fudgefactor7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Gilliam wasn't a Brit, and he was a Python, and they adored him. But he was *in* Britain, so maybe there's luck that an emigrated Yank could score a roll... Here's hoping, at any rate.

    1. Re:Terry Gilliam by BlaKnail · · Score: 2, Informative

      The eligibility requirement says that you must be a UK resident. Your nationality won't matter if your have a street address in Great Britain.

    2. Re:Terry Gilliam by AkaXakA · · Score: 2, Informative

      Actually, you don't have to be a Brit. Being a UK resident will do. Will do meaning is required, so that excludes me, alas.

      And I quote:

      "The competition is open to UK residents only, of 18 years or over. Overseas players are not eligible. You do not have to be a registered member of h2g2 to enter."

  3. Re:Damnit by NoNeeeed · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bangers : Slang for sausages. Presumably because they split when you cook them (if you forget to prick them first). These are not the same a weiners, or hotdogs which tend to be made from much more highly processed 'meat'. British sausages are not smoked, or kept in jars of brine, and are normally burnt to a cinder.

    Mash : Mashed potatos.

    So, bangers and mash is sausages and mashed potatos.

    Mmmmmmmmmm. I suddenly feel very hungry... :->

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  4. What IS bangers and mash? by burgburgburg · · Score: 3, Informative
    Why, it's a A great English family favourite

    Sausages and mashed potato, served at the coronation of James II (1685-1688).

  5. Non-Brits, don't lose hope! by Strange_Attractor · · Score: 5, Informative

    In this thread on the article's BBC website, the Responsible Parties strongly hint that they're working on a similar contest open to all.

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  6. Re:Damnit by nacturation · · Score: 2, Informative

    You should really be asking, "What the hell is Spotted Dick?"

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  7. Re:Brittain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    The UK has the second largest online-population in the world (behind the US), it's only to be expected that the UK is going to have a big presence on any and all english-speaking websites.

    (extra info)
    I think Canada and Australia are continually moving between 3rd/4th.

  8. You don't have to *be* British... by Freddles · · Score: 2, Informative

    ....you just have to be a British resident.

  9. Hang on, we'll get some American "news for nerds!" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Just wait a bit and we'll have some real American Slashdot style news, like interviews with uberhackers Alan Cox and Linus Torvalds, or a story on Alan Turing, or the latest news on Mandrake, SuSE, and Knoppix.

    Err wait ...

  10. Re:Be British? by StateOfTheUnion · · Score: 3, Informative
    Care to share which countries have the term "America" in the name? To the best of my knowledge, there is only one . . . when refering to countries, 'American' refers to the United States of America. If I were comparing continents, I would see your point . . . but I was comparing to British and the term 'Britain' or 'British' typically refers to the UK.

    English grammar dictates parallel structure, if one compares, contrasts, or lists a country it is inferred that one is comparing, contrasting or listing that country to or with another country or countries (when the terms can be interpreted as a country or a continent).

    Thus 'American' in the context that I used it refers to the citizens of the United States of America.

    Don't believe me, check the dictionary

  11. Resident by gwernol · · Score: 4, Informative

    oh and be British

    No, that's not true:

    The competition is open to UK residents only, of 18 years or over. Overseas players are not eligible. You do not have to be a registered member of h2g2 to enter.

    You have to be a resident of the UK. I'm British but not a UK resident, so I can't enter. A Frenchman (say) or an American who lived in London would be eligable. That's several million people who you've just misinformed...

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  12. Re:Be British? by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 2, Informative

    UK and Britian are two totally different things. Most people ignore that and it bugs me.

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