The reason why so many sects hang around airports looking for converts: they know that people there are at their most vulnerable and perplexed, and ready to accept any kind of guidance.

So you can imagine what happens when a mainland species gets introduced to an island. It would be like introducing Al Capone, Genghis Khan and Rupert Murdoch into the Isle of Wight - the locals wouldn't stand a chance.

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Being offended by things is the world's big hobby at the moment. It's almost taken over from wearing goatee beards.

Conceited little mega-puppy.

Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.

Was there a reason behind it? There would be no point in asking Zaphod, he never appeared to have a reason for anything he did at all: he had turned unfathomability into an art form. He attacked everything in life with a mixture of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence and it was often difficult to tell which was which.