Thereโs no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so youโve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and itโs far too late to start making a fuss about it now... What do you mean youโve never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heavenโs sake, mankind, itโs only four light years away, you know. Iโm sorry, but if you canโt be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, thatโs your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.
Douglas AdamsHere's what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms.
Douglas AdamsNo one really knows what mattresses are meant to gain from their lives either. They are large, friendly, pocket-sprung creatures that live quiet private lives in the marshes of Sqornshellous Zeta. Many of them get caught, slaughtered, dried out, shipped out and slept on. None of them seems to mind this and all of them are called Zem.
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