You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've had enough.' Ford was running after him. Very very fast. 'And then I will do it again!' yelled Arthur, 'And when I've finished I will take all the little bits, and I will jump on them!

Fifteen years was a long time to be stranded anywhere, particularly somewhere as mind-boggingly dull as Earth.

What is this? Some sort of galactic hyperhearse?

Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

If there was one thing life had taught her it was that there are times when you do not go back for your bag and times when you do. It had yet to teach her to distinguish between the two types of occasion.

It's good to leave your room super-messy when you're away. Whoever tries to break into your room will thought it has already been ransacked.

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