Beppu (n.) The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.

'Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.'

Being virtually killed by a virtual laser in a virtual space is just as effective as the real thing, because you are as dead as you think you are.

The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the Q letter into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.

Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying "Blood...blood...blood...blood...

But what about the End of the Universe? We'll miss the big moment." I've seen it. It's rubbish," said Zaphod,"nothing but a gnab gib." A what?" Opposite of a big bang. Come on, let's get zappy.

One of the most important things you learn from the internet is that there is no 'them' out there. It’s just an awful lot of 'us.'