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I'm trying to remember how the actor read those lines in the radio version. I think he played it completely straight, using the exact same tone as he did for all the other Guide entries. I think it's funnier that way, with no commentary on all these ridiculous events in either word or tone from...

Huh. I don't get any hints at "utter filth" from the name, just a vaguely juvenile fart-joke atmosphere. In fact, I could almost think it's a rather nice name, but then, I think "foonting turlingdromes" sound almost rather nice too...

Hey, you get the jokes you pay for. If you want the good stuff, I'll be performing at Milliways in a million millennia or so - drop on by! The cover charge is very reasonable.

Well, whaddya know. I estimated the probability of my guess actually being right at 2 to the power of 8675309.

I've never seen a probability expressed in powers of two; binary operates on powers of two, but I can't think how that would be relevant here. My wild guess is that phone numbers in that area in that era started with 2.

Hooray! Now we can properly address all the hottest Hitchhiker's Guide- related topics, such as "What was the question again?" and "Just how bad was the movie, anyway?"

I think he's referring to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I've sometimes seen abbreviated as HG2G.

The horror! Some things are best left untranslated! :eek: But this isn't one of them, it's awesome. Two undead thumbs up.

How about when your brain wakes you up at 2:30am with a brilliant idea for a scene which has to be written down right now right now get up and write it down now! Stupid brain...

Being a Record in Verse of a Meeting between Aragorn and Tom Bombadil which Took Place in the late Third Age of Middle Earth Along the Withywindle's banks, Through the reeds and flowers, While the sunlight softly sifted Into leafy bowers, The ranger and the forester Walked and talked for hours...

Given Dr. Johnson's insistence on biography as the be-all and end-all of literature, I'm not surprised to hear that he was down on fantasy stories; nevertheless, I will continue to love fantasy and avoid biography like the plague - forgive me, doctor (and Boswell). I'd like to read exactly what...

When I read the following passage from Rambler #60, I was reminded of the current demand for "relatable" characters in literature which has been remarked upon in several Mythgard lectures on Tolkien's works, and also of our recent discussions on the nature of Elves: "All joy or sorrow for the...