The Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe And Everything

[James Deuce]

What an arrogant pratt. Sorry to hear about that Jim.

Right no more Douglas Adams


Anyone meet Terry Pratchett (you know Disc World). Not given you any shit? Allright and all that?

Met Terry Pratchett in Southampton and he is an utter geek, but very lovely. Speaks with a lisp (as if that matters, but it does add to the image).He picked out my accent in 2 seconds flat and made some time for a chat in a very busy Waterstone's book signing session. I've bought every book .

Mr Adams' books are very good and I recommend them to anyone with an eye for humour and a delectation for sci-fi parody. Shame about the person but the books are great.

[Motu]

Yeah well,my mate had a 283 and a 2 speed powerglide in his MKIV,put there cause the 350 lunched.I used to drive it a lot,it also had an inline overdrive - it was cool to cruise it at the ton down the motorway,then put your foot down,kick out of overdrive and pass something.The powerglide had no kickdown so we just drove it in the one gear.

Huh - highjacked into a car thread and it's not even my fault!

The Red Dwarf books were better.

[RiderInBlack]

Next door has a 56 MkII Zephyr. Got two speeding tickets one weekend.
Anyway, HHGTTG might have had a tosser of an author, but it is still a bloody good book. Just dont buy it.....:P
Fav name? Zaphod Beeblebrox.

Terry Pratchett? I liked most of his books..... highlights? The Librarian, The Gods, The Policemen in Ankh-Morpork

Edit: Hows that? all three subjects of this thread in one post

Just thought you guys were making fun of my believes, calling Ford Prefect a car (OK I'm Being Total Silly Now).

Yep, The Librarian is way cool. Almost makes you want to be an ape (Zed, word of warning, don't ever be as foolish as to call the Librarian a monkey ) .

Death is a really nice chap to, once you get to know him. Rode a bike in "Soul Music" (you know, "Music with rocks in it"). I think the Dean had a leather jacket with "Live To Rune" on it in the same book.

[RiderInBlack]

The Red Dwarf books were better.

"Nothing kills a vindaloo better than a lager" Lister in the one with the Vindaloo Monster

[Skyryder]

Not a sci fi type myself but did enjoy the TV show.

Some might be interested in this

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3077361/

Skyryder

[SPman]

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... Shame about the person but the books are great.

Isnt Douglas Adams dead!

[Ghost Lemur]

Isnt Douglas Adams dead!

He is indeed.

And the answer is 42.

[FROSTY:Me]

actually it has been proven that gravity exists because the earth sucks. and also the only answer is actually 41 - why 41 --well in MY universe its something ahead not behind.

[Satan]

Well fuck you all as I am immortal. Seeing as most of you will end up here as God's views biking as a sin......I think you will like it down here. We have the track that has donated the most bikers to my domain here - The Isle of Mann. We have naked brauds (no PC womans terms down here) everyone and they all swallow (coz him up there don't like that). Bike tyres are free as I want shit loads of donuts and burn outs down and meat and beer is the staple for every meal.

Quick hurry and kill yourself - see you all soon

[Two Smoker]

Well fuck you all as I am immortal. Seeing as most of you will end up here as God's views biking as a sin......I think you will like it down here. We have the track that has donated the most bikers to my domain here - The Isle of Mann. We have naked brauds (no PC womans terms down here) everyone and they all swallow (coz him up there don't like that). Bike tyres are free as I want shit loads of donuts and burn outs down and meat and beer is the staple for every meal.

Quick hurry and kill yourself - see you all soon

Sounds bloody good too me hehehe..........

[erik]

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At the risk of blowing a few preconceptions about Mr Adams, and tilting my karmic imbalance in a negative direction, I was working for him which meant one was treated like a doormat. He didn't rate NZ highly, and such was his disdain for our "culture" (somehow he used to say that word with the inverted commas when talking about NZ) he turned up to a formal dinner in T-Shirt, "slacks" and "plimsols", as he so elegantly called his cheap white sneakers. He also refused to speak to anyone except the Managing Director of William Collins, so I think the general message was that I should be privileged to be in his presence. Of course I felt I was, but it was still a fairly demeaning experience overall.

I don't have an autographed copy of any of Mr Adam's work, even though I came prepared with the HHGTTG I chose for my 5th form History prize. It has a certificate in front and everything. I showed it to him, he opened it and burst out laughing and handed it back.

Jeeze... I think I read some of his opinions on his website or something before and wasn't too impressed by them.

His books are bloody brilliant, but it's a shame about the person behind them.


Terry Prachett's books are great too, I think he's not quite as cynical as D.Adams.

Haven't ever read any Red Dwarf books, but the tv series was cool

[jrandom]

Met Terry Pratchett in Southampton and he is an utter geek, but very lovely.

I've read every one of the Discworld books, but don't actually own any. Must stock up some time. TP sounds like a good chap, you can kinda tell from his semi-regular contributions to alt.fan.pratchett.

Mr Adams' books are very good and I recommend them to anyone with an eye for humour and a delectation for sci-fi parody. Shame about the person but the books are great.

Well, that's a real shame. I did have some vague idea about his snottiness but never really had much to do with the DNA 'fan community', so haven't heard similar stories before. In any case, the last two books of the HHGTTG 'trilogy in five parts' were a bit shite. So a posthumous BLAAHHHHH to you, Mr Adams.

I did like the Dirk Gently novels, though, and the Long Dark Teatime of the Soul has become a bit of a Random family catchphrase.

[Allah]

Well fuck you all as I am immortal. Seeing as most of you will end up here as God's views biking as a sin......I think you will like it down here. We have the track that has donated the most bikers to my domain here - The Isle of Mann. We have naked brauds (no PC womans terms down here) everyone and they all swallow (coz him up there don't like that). Bike tyres are free as I want shit loads of donuts and burn outs down and meat and beer is the staple for every meal.

Quick hurry and kill yourself - see you all soon

SATAN, AS USUAL YOU ARE FULL OF CAMEL DROPPINGS.
MOTORCYCLES ARE TRUELY BLESSED AND ARE OUR INVENTION (EXCEPT FOR HARLEY'S - THESE WERE SENT TO THE GREAT SATAN (USA) AS A PUNISHMENT).

WHAT IS NOT WELL KNOWN IS THAT IN PARADISE YOU GET A DUCATI 999, A THRUXTON AND A LC8 TO GO WITH YOUR 72 VIRGINS.

THE WOMEN THAT SATAN REFERS TO ALL LOOK LIKE HELEN CLARKE...

[Satan]

SATAN, AS USUAL YOU ARE FULL OF CAMEL DROPPINGS.
MOTORCYCLES ARE TRUELY BLESSED AND ARE OUR INVENTION (EXCEPT FOR HARLEY'S - THESE WERE SENT TO THE GREAT SATAN (USA) AS A PUNISHMENT).

WHAT IS NOT WELL KNOWN IS THAT IN PARADISE YOU GET A DUCATI 999, A THRUXTON AND A LC8 TO GO WITH YOUR 72 VIRGINS.

THE WOMEN THAT SATAN REFERS TO ALL LOOK LIKE HELEN CLARKE...

And all this coming from a second rate deity.......poor Allah

Motorcycles are devilish and hardly blessed - why do you think they cost a fortune to service.

Helen Clarke has no place in hell......in fact I need to 'dispose' of her - because if she carries on - Hell will be a holiday compared to living in NZ.

You can have the fucken thruxton......and your virgins - we have dirty bitches and bikes on nitro!

Doesn't the sand fuck the drive trains there tho?

[RiderInBlack]

Look if you pare of boring old farts want to have a relidgious "debate", could you both fuck off to the "Relidgius Ravings" thread where I am sure someone would love the quote biblical shit with you.