Perhaps my favorite quote of all time is, “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.” So simple, effective, and utterly hilarious.
I always liked “one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change”.
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is fuckin amazing.
I’m not much of a reader but thoroughly enjoyed these books.
I remember spending way too long figuring out the very first puzzle in the old text based adventure game that had me stuck in the dark. All you have to do is open your fucking eyes.
I never figured out how to manage to grab the electronic thumb that Ford was carrying to get off the planet.
I did find out that “Fuck” was programmed in as a command. I got frustrated and typed “Fuck Ford.” The game spat back “This is a family entertainment game, not a video nasty.”
Sounds like you should have been playing Leather Goddesses of Phobos
You sit at the bar and get drunk. You also eat some peanuts. I think Ford pushes the button or he gives it to you to hold while he goes to the loo.
I could get drunk and eat the peanuts, but the wind was preventing me from getting to Ford every time the ship showed up
One of my favorites is the Total Perspective Vortex. Every thing in the universe affects every other thing. Therefore you can see everything that is going on by examining a slice of fairy cake.
My replacement copy of the increasingly inaccurate trilogy, Ultimate,6 story copy just made it this weekend!
HHGTTG, Restaurant at The End of The Universe, Mostly Harmless, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, Young Zaphod plays it Safe. What’s the 6th?
My edition only has those 5, I think.
Life, the Universe and Everything
Mostly Harmless is the fifth book and Young Zaphod followed it, I thought.
You’re correct I forgot about Life The Universe, and Everything.
I feel sorry for Douglas, his work has gone the way of monty python and become over used cringe.
It was a fun read as a kid but too many adults base their whole personality on it and it makes me hurt.
Let people enjoy things
