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Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Fatty on May 12, 2001, 03:41:00 PM: The world lost a bit of wit yesterday when Douglas Adams died from a heart attack at 49.
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: mrfish on May 12, 2001, 04:48:00 PM: what! no way......that fully sucks. hitchhiker's guide was the first series of books i was ever addicted to. you sit there - can't wait for the next one to come out. read it in 1 1/2 days and then have to wait another year.......man, great loss indeed. <S> DA

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Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: MrSiD on May 12, 2001, 04:52:00 PM: I think he finally managed not to look and saw the hidden spacecraft.
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Staga on May 12, 2001, 05:05:00 PM: "`How do you feel?' he asked him.
`Like a military academy,' said Arthur, `bits of me keep passing out.'" ....
`We're safe,' he said.
`Oh good,' said Arthur.
`We're in a small galley cabin,' said Ford, `in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet.'
`Ah,' said Arthur, `this is obviously some strange usage of the word "safe" that I wasn't previously aware of.'
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"`You know,' said Arthur, `it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die from asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young.'
`Why, what did she tell you?'
`I don't know, I didn't listen.'"
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"`Er, hey Earthman...'
`Arthur,' said Arthur.
`Yeah, could you just sort of keep this robot with you and guard this end of the passageway. OK?'
`Guard?' said Arthur. `What from? You just said there's no one here.'
`Yeah, well, just for safety, OK?' said Zaphod.
`Whose? Yours or mine?'"
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"`She hit me on the head with the rock again.'
`I think I can confirm that that was my daughter.'
`Sweet kid.'
`You have to get to know her,' said Arthur.
`She eases up does she?'
`No,' said Arthur, `but you get a better sense of when to duck.'"
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Sad to hear he's gone (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: DRILL on May 12, 2001, 06:47:00 PM: (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif) indeed sad

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DRILL
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: AKDejaVu on May 12, 2001, 08:00:00 PM: Damn... one of my favorite misnamed trilogies.

Sad news indead (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

AKDejaVu
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: WolfSkin1 on May 12, 2001, 08:09:00 PM: Douglas,

I miss you. I am sure I am not the only one on this particular bit of the Milky Way. But our sad feelings are really the mourning of our own loss.

I'm sure they'll enjoy your company where ever you are now, as we did.

Hope you meet Graham, hes probably keeping a seat warm there...
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: StSanta on May 13, 2001, 01:46:00 AM: I've been a fan of Adams ever since I stumbled across his books. His unbelieveable fantasy lead to jokes and comments and general satire that I found irresistible.

The world is now a little less colourful and a little more grey.

Am saddened by his passing (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif).

"Don't Panic!"

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Von Santa
Staffelkapitän 9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
"If you return from a mission with a victory, but without your Rottenflieger, you have lost your battle."
- D. Hrabak, JG 54 "Grünherz"
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Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Dux on May 13, 2001, 02:14:00 AM: Maybe he is following Hotblack Desiato's lead... he's spending a year dead for tax reasons.

He was a true genius in everything he did. I will miss him greatly.

<S>
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Boroda on May 13, 2001, 09:37:00 AM: Sad (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

HHGTTG was one of the first books I have read in English...

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With respect,
Pavel Pavlov,
Commissar 25th IAP WB VVS
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: DB603 on May 13, 2001, 03:32:00 PM: S!

Darn..His books were humor packed and with witty writing.I just wish I could get somewhere Zaphod Peeblebrox's AntiPanic sunglasses (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

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3.Lentue
Lentolaivue 34 (http://www.muodos.fi/LLv34/)
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: snafu on May 13, 2001, 06:27:00 PM: (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

Ford "It's rather unpleasantly like being drunk"

Arthur "What's so unpleasant about being drunk"?

Ford "Ask a glass of water"

He will be sadly missed.
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Pongo on May 13, 2001, 07:14:00 PM: Classics..
<S>
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Thrawn on May 14, 2001, 05:38:00 PM: (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

Damnit.
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Wilfrid on May 15, 2001, 12:18:00 PM: "All eyes were on Ford. Some were on stalks."

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RIP DNA

Wilfrid
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: kidcol on May 15, 2001, 12:32:00 PM: RIP Mr. Adams. Sad news indeed.

I may have been an even bigger fan of his books after Hitchhiker's. Ragged copies of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency & The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul have been next to my omnibus HitchHiker's volume for years.

Heard an interview where he said that the bus station incident with the pack of biscuits (from So long & thanks) actually happenned to him. Those that have read it will know what I'm talking about. Hilarious stuff (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

He will be missed

kidcol
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: tofri on May 15, 2001, 12:38:00 PM: I'll guess he had found THE question to the answer.

<S> 42 <S>
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Hammer Head on May 15, 2001, 09:56:00 PM: Loved all his books. Anyone ever read "Last Chance To See"? His blurb on the jacket read that he travelled the world looking for endangered animals so he could poke fun at them.

Gonna miss that kind of humour.
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: leonid on May 16, 2001, 01:34:00 AM: Wasn't going to post anymore in here, but must make an exception for Douglas Adams. Loved his books, reading all the HGttG books. A very unique wit that could have me laughing out of the clear blue. He will be missed (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)
Title: So Long, and thanks for all the Fish.
Post by: Dawvgrid on May 16, 2001, 07:36:00 AM: what about marvin,,he will be more depressed than ever,this is for sure a great loss (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)