Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> 578 thousand million times. :-)
>> "Don't worry, the others aren't here right now."
> 
> "I don't think you CAN dig your way off a planet..."

Aha, the Crisis Inducer, another corker that never made it out of the 
radio series.

"How I Scaled The North Face Of The Megapurna With A Sprained Finger" 
swept away by titles like
"How I Scaled The North Face Of The Megapurna With A Perfectly Healthy 
Finger But Everything Else Sprained, Broken Or Bitten Off By A Pack Of 
Mad Yaks"

...or however it goes. I like the way Adams just sticks the word 'mega' 
in front of a normal word to make it seem other-worldly. Especially 
things from Arcturus; megadonkey, megarhino (with or without bronchial 
pneumonia), megavoidwhale...

>>>>> Which escape capsule did Ford and Arthur get into in the Hagunnenon
>>>>> ship?
>>>> Ah, a fifty-fifty. Very generous! Um, left? My imagination says right
>>>> and for some reason my imagination always gets left and right wrong.
>>> They got into the right-hand one.  Ford tells Zaphod "You and the
>>> others take the left-hand one". :-)
>> Arse. Damn you, brain.
> LOL!
> Who was Trillian said to be married to after this scene occurred?

Oh, I can't remember. You've well and truly pummelled me with your 
expertise in this matter... :)

>> Well, it was a wild stab in the dark. :)
> 
> I'm glad I wasn't in front of the knife.

Well, given how accurate my answer was you'd have been perfectly safe.

> But the episodes aren't 30 minutes; they actually have a running time of 
> between 29 and 30 minutes (originally), but the new series' recordings I 
> have are extended editions, and a few of them run as long as 40 minutes 
> with the added material.
Are the new series any good? I listened to a few episodes when they 
aired on the radio but they seemed to follow the books word for word and 
it wasn't the same without Peter Jones (even if the rest of the cast 
were present).

> "I know."
> "Shut up, Marvin, this is *organism* talk."
> "It's printed in the earthman's brain wave patterns, but I suppose you'll 
> be very interested in knowing that."
> "You mean you can see into my mind?"
> "Yes"
> "And?"
> "It amazes me how you manage to live in anything that small."
> "Ah.  Abuse!"
> "Ah, ignore him, he's only making it up."
> "Making it up?  Why should I want to make anything up?  Life's bad enough 
> as it is without wanting to invent any more of it."


"But I'm quite used to being humiliated. I can even go and stick my head 
in a bucket of water if you want. Shall I go and stick my head in a 
bucket of water? I've got one ready. Just a minute."
"What's he saying?"
"Nothing, he just phoned up to wash his head at us."

:)

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