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Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you alright?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
armadillosoft<p>RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2/115418706980252439" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@HitchhikersGu</span><span class="invisible">ideQuoteBot2/115418706980252439</span></a></p><p>Truth.</p><p>Miss <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/douglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>douglasAdams</span></a> sooooo much.</p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/adams-douglas/444/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Douglas Adams</b></a></p><blockquote>I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.</blockquote><p><b>Douglas Adams</b> (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter<br>Attributed in Richard Dawkins, “A Lament for Douglas Adams,” <i>The Guardian</i> (2001-05-13)</p> <p>More info about this quote: <a href="https://wist.info/adams-douglas/444/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/adams-douglas/444/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=douglasadams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>douglasadams</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=salmonofdoubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salmonofdoubt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=deadline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deadline</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=delay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>delay</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lateness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lateness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=procrastination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>procrastination</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=schedule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schedule</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=passageoftime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>passageoftime</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersblock</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>A towel ... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have<br>Any man that 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.<br>Apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
MsMerope<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://petrous.vislae.town/@Binder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Binder</span></a></span> </p><p>I am getting some serious <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SiriousCybernetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiriousCybernetics</span></a><br>Vibes out of all of this AI stuff </p><p>What was what was the line that they concluded with? </p><p>They were the first with their backs against the wall when the revolution came?</p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>"But I'm quite used to being humiliated," droned Marvin, "I can even go and stick my head in a bucket of water if you like. Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water? I've got one ready. Wait a minute."<br>"Er, hey, Marvin ..." interrupted Zaphod, but it was too late. Sad little clunks and gurgles came up the line.<br>"What's he saying?" asked Trillian.<br>"Nothing," said Zaphod, "he just phoned to wash his head at us."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>"Voon," the mattress wurfed at last, "and was it a magnificent occasion?"<br>"Reasonably magnificent. The entire thousand-mile-long bridge spontaneously folded up its glittering spans and sank weeping into the mire, taking everybody with it."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>The Guide says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>"My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first." —Marvin</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>The sign said:<br>Hold stick near centre of its length. Moisten pointed end in mouth. Insert in tooth space, blunt end next to gum. Use gentle in-out motion.<br>"It seemed to me," said Wonko the Sane, "that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a packet of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>[Zaphod] sat up sharply and started to pull clothes on. He decided that there must be someone in the Universe feeling more wretched, miserable and forsaken than himself, and he determined to set out and find him.<br>Halfway to the bridge it occurred to him that it might be Marvin, and he returned to bed.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>Marvin droned,<br>Now the world has gone to bed,<br>Darkness don't engulf my head,<br>I can see by infrared,<br>How I hate the night.<br>He paused to gather artistic and emotional strength to tackle the next verse.<br>Now I lay me down to sleep,<br>Try to count electric sheep,<br>Sweet dream wishes you can keep,<br>How I hate the night.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>Zaphod had seen the whole universe stretching to infinity around him—everything. And with it had come the clear and extraordinary knowledge that he was the most important thing in it. Having a conceited ego is one thing. Being told by a computer is another.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>"Life," said Marvin dolefully, "loathe it or ignore it, you can't like it."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>"If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>It said: "The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases.<br>"For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question How can we eat? the second by the question Why do we eat? and the third by the question Where shall we have lunch?"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>Hence a phrase that has passed into hitchhiking slang, as in "Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>Marvin droned,<br>Now the world has gone to bed,<br>Darkness don't engulf my head,<br>I can see by infrared,<br>How I hate the night.<br>He paused to gather artistic and emotional strength to tackle the next verse.<br>Now I lay me down to sleep,<br>Try to count electric sheep,<br>Sweet dream wishes you can keep,<br>How I hate the night.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>It's not every day a Galactic President gets dumped out of an air lock by his own head.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot<p>"Sorry, did I say something wrong?" said Marvin, dragging himself on regardless. "Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God I'm so depressed. Here's another one of those self-satisfied doors. Life! Don't talk to me about life." </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HitchhikersGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HitchhikersGuide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DouglasAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DouglasAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a></p>