douglas adams

October 8, 2021 by achrilock

“And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.
Sadly, however, before she could get to a phone to tell anyone about it, the Earth was unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass, and so the idea was lost, seemingly for ever.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/10/08/12801/

September 18, 2021 by achrilock

“Meanwhile, fresh reports of UFO activity were coming in…”
— Douglas Adams, ‘Mostly Harmless’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/09/18/12467/

August 19, 2021 by achrilock

“‘The evidence,’ he said, pointing at himself, and not missing by more than a couple of inches, ‘is before your eyes. Fourteen hours in a trance,’ he said, ‘in a tank. In a trance. I was in a tank. I think,’ he added after a thoughtful pause, ‘I already said that.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/08/19/11972/

August 14, 2021 by achrilock

“‘So in order to obviate this problem,’ he continued, ‘and effectively revalue the leaf, we are about to embark on a massive defoliation campaign, and… er, burn down all the forests. I think you’ll all agree that’s a sensible move under the circumstances.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/08/14/11865/

July 26, 2021 by achrilock

“‘A lot of them didn’t make it through the winter three years ago,’ he said, ‘and the few who remained in the spring said they needed a holiday and set off on a raft. History says that they must have survived.…’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/26/11594/

July 16, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Yes,’ said Ford, with sudden and unexpected fierceness, ‘I’ve understood it all perfectly well. That’s why I want to have as many drinks and dance with as many girls as possible while there are still any left.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/16/11321/

July 13, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Tactful,’ said Arthur Dent.
‘Exactly,’ said Ford, ‘tactful.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/13/11260/

July 10, 2021 by achrilock

“And as he drove on, the rain clouds dragged down the sky after him for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/10/11165/

June 5, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Share and Enjoy’ is the company motto of the hugely successful Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints Division, which now covers the major land masses of three medium-sized planets and is the only part of the Corporation to have shown a consistent profit in recent years.”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/06/05/10186/

May 25, 2021 by achrilock

“‘It’s soaked in nutrients,’ explained Roosta.
‘What are you, a messy eater or something?’ said Zaphod.
‘The yellow stripes are high in protein, the green ones have vitamin B and C complexes, the little pink flowers contain wheatgerm extract.’
Zaphod took and looked at it in amazement.
‘What are the brown stains?’ he asked.
‘Bar-B-Q sauce,’ said Roosta, ‘for when I get sick of wheatgerm.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘The Restaurant at the End of the Universe’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/05/25/9904/

May 7, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Some white robots,’ whispered the man hoarsely, ‘broke into the courtroom and stole the Judge’s Scepter, the Argabuthon Scepter of Justice, nasty plastic thing. I don’t know why they wanted it’—he began to cry again—‘and I think they jogged the surgeon’s arm…’
He shook his head loosely from side to side, helplessly, sadly, his eyes screwed up in pain.
‘And when the trial continued,’ he said in a weeping whisper, ‘they asked Prak a most unfortunate thing. They asked him’—he paused and shivered—‘to tell the Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/05/07/9408/

April 28, 2021 by achrilock

“‘I gave a speech once,’ he said suddenly and apparently unconnectedly. ‘You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number.’
‘Er, five,’ said the mattress.
‘Wrong,’ said Marvin. ‘You see?’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘Life, the Universe and Everything’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/28/9216/

April 25, 2021 by achrilock

“‘The photocopier,’ she repeated, patiently. ‘You’ll have to help me drag it out. It’s solar-powered. I have to keep it in the cave, though, so the birds don’t shit on it.’”
— Douglas Adams, ‘Mostly Harmless’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/25/9139/