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Hi,
What some some of the favorite Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy quotes here?
Some of mine are
Quote:
It says that the effect of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
Hitchhiker's Guide, Chapter 2
Quote:
(a Hooloovoo is a superintelligent shade of the color blue). All except the Hooloovoo were resplendent in their multicolored ceremonial lab coats, the Hooloovoo had been temporarily refracted into a free-standing prism for the occasion.
Hitchhiker's Guide, Chapter 4
Quote:
"All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done". As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed have a satisfied sighlike quality to it. "Hummmmmyummmmmmm ah" it said
Hitchhiker's Guide, Chapter 11
Quote:
Zaphod Beeblebrox ... recently voted the Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe for the seventh time
Hitchhiker's Guide, Chapter 12
Quote:
When put to the test, however, it [Nutri-Matic Drinks Synthesizer] invariably produced a plastic cup with a liquid which was almost, but no quite, entirely unlike tea.
Arthur stomped into the bathroom, cleaned his teeth, washed his face and hands, went to the toilet and realised that he had, once again, got these in the wrong order and stomped off to bed.
"It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons."
"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
"When a recent edition of Playbeing magazine headlined an article with the words "When you are tired or Ursa Minor Beta you are tired of life", the suicide rate there quadrupled overnight."
"If he [Zaphod] asked at this moment where he would like to be he would probably have said he would like to be lying on the beach with at least fifty beautiful women and a small team of experts working out new ways they could be nice to him"
(not a quote, but seemed the appropriate place for people that like HHGG quotes )
New Hitchhiker's Episodes Available Online
Posted by michael on Friday September 24, @08:52AM
from the don't-panic dept.
Michael Sheldon writes "The BBC is now offering the first of the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio episodes as either Real or WMP audio streams. Meaning listeners abroad can now hear the new series, which started playing on UK radio last Tuesday."
I like the bit where the Earth is described as
"mostly harmless"
If only ...
Also the cow that went off to have itself slaughtered in "Restaurant"
I must read the book again
In fact, looking at some of the ultra serious posts
on these forums I think a lot more should read the books
floppy
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