Love "Things Not To Do..." and think the idea of telling the stories behind some of the more enigmatic rules is FABULOUS! Hope you will be inspired to add to the collection, but (as much fun as it is to do so) why single out Trip? Personally, I'd love to see an explanation of 25 (Don’t make fun of aliens in funny clothes. Am I the only one on this ship with a grasp of the concept of a ‘tribal elder’?) as well as 37 (Don’t bite the natives.) Also...please oh please...MORE TIDDLES!

This an excellent idea! I can't wait to read more of these entertaining adventures!

classic lol! poor Trip!

LOL! That was funnier than the original rule!

Malcolm's right. Only Trip could do something so utterly ridiculous and have such utterly ridiculous consequences.

Great job, as always! Looking forward to more

Keep writing!

-Dart

Hehe! I do hope chapter two is coming soon; this was a delicious introduction. Bond and Jones, LOL!

Ah, great fic! Nice, friendly bantering between Trip and Malcolm, and an interesting planet to visit. Looking forward to more!

Hehe... I particularly like the Bond v. Jones debate. Nice integration of original characters, too.

One quibble: "Sod" isn't really used much on our side of the pond and I can't really see Trip saying it.

Beautifully done. That's our Trip

its a great spin off, plus we get the background of some of the rules from "Things..."