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it was in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard." I see what you did there.
by andytruett 10y ago
it was in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of the Leopard."
I see what you did there.
- i336_ 10y agoUnfortunately my comprehension only got as far as "that is a really really nice use of words." Can I have a hint?
- engi_nerd 10y agoThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The plans specifying that Arthur Dent's home is to be torn down for building a highway bypass are on public display in such a disused lavatory.
- i336_ 10y agoOh. Thank you so much. :) I saw the movie, I think I really need to get the book...
- ctdonath 10y agoThe movie was a brief summary, and about 60% all-new content. I recorded H2G2 off the radio as a teen, and listened to it so many times I could have quoted the entire 6 hours in one shot.
- DonHopkins 10y agoMe too, on cassette tapes, off the local college radio station WMUC! I didn't mean to plagiarize -- those words are just so deeply embedded in my mind from listening to the radio shows and records, reading the books and playing the infocom game so many times, and they so perfectly described the situation. So I assumed everyone would recognize Douglas Adam's really really nice use of words, like a Shakespearian quote. ;) "It's unpleasantly like being drunk." "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water." If you haven't already listened to the 1978 radio show millions of times, it's on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaV8XOYviB4&list=PL5nE2JSEwPqPetmNeifbbaJGex62F7d6d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaV8XOYviB4&list=PL5nE2JSEwP...
- mathw 10y agoGet the book, yes, but do get the original BBC radio play. That's where it started, and it's excellent.
- engi_nerd 10y agoSeconded. The radio play is great.