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If they were going to be like that, then I just wished they hadn't actually been German. It was too easy. Too obvious. It was like coming across an Ir...more

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After a moment or two a man in brown crimplene looked in at us, did not at all like the look of us and asked us if we were transit passengers. We said...more

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Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both time and space a good deal. At least bein...more

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Why, how much did you tip him?'Ford named a figure again.'I don't know how much it is,' said Arthur. 'What's it worth in pounds sterling? What could i...more

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And as they drifter up their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible...more

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This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be the perfect time to disembark.

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Aberystwyth (n.)A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

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Beppu (n.)The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.

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Alltami (n.)The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.

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What's so unpleasant about being drunk?""Ask a glass of water!

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The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

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Howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl gargle gargle howl gargle gargle gargle howl slurrp uuuurgh should have a goo...more

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Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this...more

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Vell, Zaphod’s just zis guy, you know?

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One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid jus...more