To Mr. Ford Prefect:

I, or rather we, understand that you are a researcher for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and that you had spent fifteen years supposedly gathering information on the planet formerly known as Earth.  When I perused the most recent edition of this fine publication, I noticed a particularly glaring error in the Earth article: its length.

Mr. Prefect, any planet, insignificant or otherwise, is deserving of more than two words.  And no, three words doesn't cut it either.

The correction of this obscenely glaring error, however, will not mean any extra work for you.  A group of us used to call the Pale Blue Dot home, and we've decided to both honor our former home and improve Earth's article.  We've prepared a series of articles regarding various aspects of Earth, to be submitted to The Guide's editors upon your review.

I/we thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely,

Gwen Guienali

Representative of The Protagonists

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We, the Protagonists, have decided to expand the article in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on Earth, which currently runs as follows:
"Mostly harmless."

Come on, Earth's fairly insignificant in the grand sceme of things, but I think it deserves more than just two words.

This is where the rest of you come in. Write up a article in the style of The Guide's entries in the Douglas Adams book of the same name on some aspect of life on Earth.

Just remember: The Guide's a family publication, and our contributions should follow in that vein. In other words, I don't have this marked "mature," and I do not want to have to mark it so.

updated Jul 21 '09 by g2LaPianistaIrlandesa