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from the hitchhiker's-guide-to-pink-floyd dept.
Thanks to somebody at the alt.fan.douglas-adams newsgroup, I saw a link to 'never-before-seen' lost footage of Douglas Adams playing with Pink Floyd which was recently posted to YouTube. From the video description:
For Douglas Adams's 42nd birthday his friend David Gilmour gave him the opportunity to join Pink Floyd on stage during their 1994 tour live at Earls Court in London. Douglas played rhythm guitar on the tracks Eclipse and Brain Damage. While it was always known by Douglas' family that the concert had been filmed by someone in the audience, the tape of the event could never be found. That is, until now.
Douglas' brother James Thrift finally unearthed the tape in [Adams'] Islington home, and so, at last it is here for you'll to enjoy. The sound quality is as you might expect from a 20 year old handheld video recording of a live concert, but at the end of the day, who cares.
This is Douglas Adams and Pink Floyd, on stage, together. Enjoy.
Note: the camera-work is amatuer, but it does stop bouncing around and focus on Adams and Gilmour around 1:30
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anne Nonymous on Friday April 10 2015, @12:22PM
Joe the dyslexic cop gets pulled into the captain's office, where he is read the riot act. The captain says, "You're a good cop, but these reports just aren't going to cut it anymore, Joe! They're practically illegible! The next report, if there's even one word misspelled on it, you are going on suspension! Now get out of here and get on patrol!"
The cop swears that he's not going to make any more mistakes, and heads out on patrol. He's driving around town when he gets a call about a traffic fatality nearby. The cop puts on his lights and speeds toward the scene. When he arrives, the cop sees the worst head-on collision he's ever encountered. He gets out of the car, whips out his notebook, and starts to take notes, being very conscious of his spelling.
"One, O-N-E. Ford, F-O-R-D. In the ditch, D-I-T-C-H."
The cop thinks to himself, "Okay, so far, so good." He walks across the street to the other vehicle.
"One, O-N-E. Dodge, D-O...D...G-E. In the ditch, D-I-T-C-H."
Now the cop is feeling really confident. He strides to the middle of the highway, where he discovers the decapitated head of one of the unfortunate victims.
"One, O-N-E. Head, H-E-A-D. In the boulevard, B-U-L...B-L-U...B-O-L-L...B-I-L...."
The cop stops writing, takes a look around, and sends the head to the side of the road with his boot. With that, he hastily writes, "In the ditch, D-I-T-C-H."