Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up and down, experimented briefly with the notion of going sideways, as a sort of existential protest, demanded participation in the decision-making process and finally took to squatting in basements sulking. An impoverished hitch-hiker visiting any planets in the Sirius star system these days can pick up easy money working as a counsellor for neurotic elevators.
Douglas AdamsAny man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
Douglas AdamsBallycumber (ba-li-KUM-ber) n. One of the six half-read books lying somewhere in your bed.
Douglas AdamsHe felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
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