Quick Galactic Factoid #376By Stu Hambone On the planet Dwerin Alpha 3, a Hj’ru is a 276 verse poem offered by a male courting marriage to the parents of the courted. In this poem he explains his love and adoration for their daughter, describes his life’s work and details his current financial situation. The practice…
The Yawful Consolidated Corporation is one of the galaxy’s most well known, most profitable, and least successful companies ever to be incorporated. The people of Yawful 3 are so phenomenally, disastrously awful at all stages of business that other companies pay them outrageous amounts of money to ask them if they think a particular endeavor…
Tricks of the light are commonly used to explain alien sightings. The Fraternal Order of Photonic Surfers and Magicians launched an awareness campaign to dispel this rumor because they had become tired of being blamed for every inexplicable thing some nutter claimed they had seen in their back yard while half-cocked on Uloonian Swamp Ale.
The Jahglenisian Badger is a sentient quadruped known for its remarkable marketing skills and economic cunning…
On the planet Saldiz, the people are adamant that their world is flat. This has never been proven with any certainty as every expedition sent to find the edge of the planet has discovered another continent upon which a paradise exists and thus have never returned to report their findings.
A common mistake among neophyte hitchhikers whilst they travel is their assumption that there will be sanitary facilities available at the next way station. Due to the vast array of biological configurations, this is simply not a service economically feasible to provide and can result in an uncomfortable, if not embarrassing and messy, situation. It…
The people on the planet Amorus Beta Five, are known for two(*) things; the fact that they mate for life and the fact that they have yet to achieve spaceflight. It is a wildly held belief that they could achieve the latter if they would just stop doing the former for more than 10 minutes.…
The Threpwan Academy of Sciencey Stuff firmly believes that the foundation upon which all of existence is built consists entitely of cottage cheese. It should be noted that 5 of the 6 members of the academy’s board of directors are High Priests of the Church of Curd and have significant holdings in regional dairy farms.
During the planet’s 2nd winter solstice, the people of Dalcha Gamma gather in public to commemorate the foundation of their first two great societal institutions: The Always Open Convenience Store and the 24 Hour Food Poisoning Crisis Center. It is a BYOB* affair. (*Bring Your Own Bucket)
The Ipsiweariam Constitution states that all men are created equal. As a cost saving measure, a consortium of suit pant tailors posing as constitutional purists pushed through legislation stating that individuals who are not 2.286 meters tall must have their legs surgically altered to adjust their height.