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To paraphrase THHGTTG: What to do if you find yourself falling from a great height: consider how lucky you are that life has been kind to you so far. If life h

To paraphrase THHGTTG: What to do if you find yourself falling from a great height: consider how lucky you are that life has been kind to you so far. If life hasn't been kind to you so far, which is not unlikely given your current circumstances, consider how lucky you are that it won't be bothering you much longer.

14 5y ago
Feel silly I had to look up what THHGTTG was. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
- Fnoord 5y ago
  You are Number Six.
  - 14 5y ago
    Actually I am Number 14
  - happysadpanda2 5y ago
    I am not a number! I'm a free man!
bryanrasmussen 5y ago
about halfway down remember to shout "so far so good!" in case anyone is listening.
- tobr 5y ago
  And about 90% of the way down, I would suggest “So long, and thanks for all the fish!”
  - BizarroLand 5y ago
    “Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet. And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more. This is a complete record of its thoughts from the moment it began its life till the moment it ended it. Ah … ! What’s happening? it thought. Er, excuse me, who am I? Hello? Why am I here? What’s my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Calm down, get a grip now … oh! this is an interesting sensation, what is it? It’s a sort of … yawning, tingling sensation in my … my … well I suppose I’d better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let’s call it my stomach. Good. Ooooh, it’s getting quite strong. And hey, what’s about this whistling roaring sound going past what I’m suddenly going to call my head? Perhaps I can call that … wind! Is that a good name? It’ll do … perhaps I can find a better name for it later when I’ve found out what it’s for. It must be something very important because there certainly seems to be a hell of a lot of it. Hey! What’s this thing? This … let’s call it a tail – yeah, tail. Hey! I can can really thrash it about pretty good can’t I? Wow! Wow! That feels great! Doesn’t seem to achieve very much but I’ll probably find out what it’s for later on. Now – have I built up any coherent picture of things yet? No. Never mind, hey, this is really exciting, so much to find out about, so much to look forward to, I’m quite dizzy with anticipation … Or is it the wind? There really is a lot of that now isn’t it? And wow! Hey! What’s this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like … ow … ound … round … ground! That’s it! That’s a good name – ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? And the rest, after a sudden wet thud, was silence. Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    - dspillett 5y ago
      The bit I was originally cribbing from above was from a little later, near the beginning of series two of the original radio run: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17180-what-to-do-if-you-find-yourself-stuck-in-a https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17180-what-to-do-if-you-fin...
- h4waii 5y ago
  La Haine? Subtle, I like it.
sandworm101 5y ago
Aim for the whale, not the petunias. They are already having a worse day than you.

14 5y ago

Feel silly I had to look up what THHGTTG was. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy

Fnoord 5y ago
You are Number Six.
- 14 5y ago
  Actually I am Number 14
- happysadpanda2 5y ago
  I am not a number! I'm a free man!

bryanrasmussen 5y ago

about halfway down remember to shout "so far so good!" in case anyone is listening.

tobr 5y ago
And about 90% of the way down, I would suggest “So long, and thanks for all the fish!”
- BizarroLand 5y ago
  “Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet. And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as a whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale any more. This is a complete record of its thoughts from the moment it began its life till the moment it ended it. Ah … ! What’s happening? it thought. Er, excuse me, who am I? Hello? Why am I here? What’s my purpose in life? What do I mean by who am I? Calm down, get a grip now … oh! this is an interesting sensation, what is it? It’s a sort of … yawning, tingling sensation in my … my … well I suppose I’d better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let’s call it my stomach. Good. Ooooh, it’s getting quite strong. And hey, what’s about this whistling roaring sound going past what I’m suddenly going to call my head? Perhaps I can call that … wind! Is that a good name? It’ll do … perhaps I can find a better name for it later when I’ve found out what it’s for. It must be something very important because there certainly seems to be a hell of a lot of it. Hey! What’s this thing? This … let’s call it a tail – yeah, tail. Hey! I can can really thrash it about pretty good can’t I? Wow! Wow! That feels great! Doesn’t seem to achieve very much but I’ll probably find out what it’s for later on. Now – have I built up any coherent picture of things yet? No. Never mind, hey, this is really exciting, so much to find out about, so much to look forward to, I’m quite dizzy with anticipation … Or is it the wind? There really is a lot of that now isn’t it? And wow! Hey! What’s this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like … ow … ound … round … ground! That’s it! That’s a good name – ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? And the rest, after a sudden wet thud, was silence. Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  - dspillett 5y ago
    The bit I was originally cribbing from above was from a little later, near the beginning of series two of the original radio run: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17180-what-to-do-if-you-find-yourself-stuck-in-a https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17180-what-to-do-if-you-fin...
h4waii 5y ago
La Haine? Subtle, I like it.

sandworm101 5y ago

Aim for the whale, not the petunias. They are already having a worse day than you.