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Re: Ford Prefect
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I know why the bowl of petunias thought that. ^_^
~Mark
In lugnet.off-topic.test, Erin Windross writes:
> test
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> Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a
> sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles • above the
> surface of an alien planet.
> And since this is not a naturally tenable position for a whale, this poor
> innocent creature had very little time to come to terms with its identity as • a
> whale before it then had to come to terms with not being a whale • anymore.
> This is a complete record of its thought from the moment it began its life
> till the moment it ended it.
> Ah...! What's happening? It thought
> Er, excuse me, who am I?
> Hello?
> Why am I here? What's my purpose in life?
> What do I mean who I am?
> Calm down, get a grip now ... oh! this is an iteresting sensation, what is • it?
> It's a sort of ... yawning, tingling sensationin my...my...well I suppose I'd
> better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in • what
> for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so • let's
> call it my stomach.
> Good. Ooooh, it's getting quite strong. And hey, what about this • whistling
> roaring sound going past what I'm suddenly going to call my head? • Perhaps I
> can call that ... wind! Is that a good name? It'll do ... perhaps I can find a
> better name for it later when I've found out what it's for. It must be
> something very important because there certainly seems to be a heck • of a lot
> of it. Hey! What's this thing? This ... let's call it a tail - yeah, tail.
> Hey! I can really thrash it about pretty good can't I? Wow! Wow! That • feels
> great! Doesn't seem to achieve very much but I'll probably find out what • it's
> for later on. Now - have I built up any coherent pictures of things yet?
> No.
> Never mind, hey, this is really exciting, so much to find out about, so • much
> to look forward to, I'm quite dizzy with anticipation ...
> Or is it the wind?
> There really is alot of that now isn't there?
> And wow! Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? • Very
> very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name
> like ... ow ... ound ... round ... ground! That's it! That's a good name -
> ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?
>
> And the rest, after a sudden wet thud, was silence.
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> Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl • of
> petunias as it fell to the ground of the planet beside the sperm whale • was "Oh
> no, not again." Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why • the
> bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the • nature of
> the Universe than we do now.
>
> Testing long message. (computer would always freeze when I would • press the
> submit button)
>
> Erin
> --
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