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Post by John Marston on Jul 17, 2021 14:08:34 GMT
Ok, I feel that this is a book which could be (I have not gone through the entire book) very deep. And I have started this thread so that I can put/explain some interesting concepts.
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Post by John Marston on Jul 17, 2021 14:19:54 GMT
People often ask me how they can leave the planet, so I have prepared some brief notes. How to Leave the Planet 1. Phone NASA. Their phone number is (713) 483 3111. Explain that it's very important that you get away as soon as possible. 2. If they do not cooperate, phone any friend you may have in the White House (202) 456 1414 to have a word on your behalf with the guys at NASA. 3. If you don't have any friends in the White House, phone the Kremlin (ask the overseas operator for 0107 095 295 9051). They don't have any friends there either (at least, none to speak of), but the do seem to have a little influence, so you may as well try. 4. If that also fails, phone the Pope for guidance. His telephone number is 011 39 6 6982, and I gather his switchboard is infallible. 5. If all these attempts fail, flag down a passing flying saucer and explain that de's vitally important you get away before your phone bill arrives. Douglas Adams Los Angeles 1983 and London 1985/1986
Man...this guy is nothing short of sarcasm  |
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Post by John Marston on Jul 17, 2021 14:26:08 GMT
It is also the story of a book, a book called The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, not an Earth book, never published on Earth, and until
the terrible catastrophe occurred, never seen or heard of by any Earthman.
I smell conspiracy on the horizon
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Post by John Marston on Jul 19, 2021 7:57:19 GMT
So here, there's a person named as Arthur (Probably the protagonist). He wakes up in one morning to see bulldozers around his house. They try to raze his house down so that a bypass can be built. He lies in front of his house to prevent bulldozers from razing his ground. His friend Ford, who is from Betelguese system comes at the same time and asks his friend, Arthur what he's doing. Now these Betelguese don't really understand sarcasm unless they focus and same was the case here, when Arthur replied "Just lying on the mud to save my house. Nothing much other than that". Ford didn't bat an eyelid (He didn't get the sarcasm)
Ford then said that the world was about to end and he needed Arthur in the bar. But the bulldozers were still lying around and Arthur didn't wanted to go to bar. Then, Ford came up with a brilliant, but stupid idea. He called the manager(? Not sure), who talking to another person whether Arthur is mentally unstable and said - "You guys won't do anything until Arthur is here as he is lying in the mud right?"
"Yes", he replied.
"So unless he moves, you won't do anything Right?" Ford asked
"Yes"
"So what's the need of Arthur here anyway?"
"What?"
"Yes. If you don't mind, could we go to the bar for half an hour?" said Ford
"Yeah...I guess so"
"So now you come and lie on the mud"
"What?"
"Yeah, Arthur can only get up if someone else takes his place"
"What!? You..want me?"
"Yes"
"To lie in his place?"
"Yes"
"When he goes to the bar?"
"Exactly."
"Huh...Sure, I guess so"
"But no razing the house down when we go to the bar."
"Even the thought of razing this house down hasn't crossed my mind."
And after they had gone, the manager realized that he was the loser. Oh you stupid Bulldozer man!
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Post by John Marston on Jul 22, 2021 14:15:59 GMT
*Beep Beep! Comedy coming up!*
The hitchikers guide to galaxy gives a small but rather funny description of an animal named as "Bugblatter Beast of Traal". It's actually an animal so stupid that "It assumes that if you can't see it, it can see you." So mindbogglingly stupid says the author
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Post by John Marston on Jul 23, 2021 2:53:38 GMT
Waoh! This one blowed my mind! An alien starship has come to Earth and 2 minutes before earth was destroyed, the aliens said that they were going to destroy the earth for an intergalactic highway (Now I understand why it is a popular theory for the end of the earth). When people pleaded mercy, the aliens said that for about 50 years, the notice to destroy earth was in the local planning department of Alpha Centauri and it was our fault that we didn't have a look at it (WHAT!?).
Man! This really could be possible. What do you all think?
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Post by John Marston on Jul 23, 2021 4:25:09 GMT
Vogon (the aliens who destroyed the earth) poetry is of course the third worst in the Universe. The second worst is that of the Azagoths of Kria. During a recitation by their Poet Master Grunthos the Flatulent of his poem "Ode To A small Lump of Green Putty I Found In My Armpit One Midsummer Morning" four of his audience died of internal hemorrhaging, and the President of the Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by gnawing one of his own legs off.
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Jul 27, 2021 21:28:31 GMT
Have you read Ian Stewart's Flatterland?
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Post by John Marston on Jul 29, 2021 5:29:00 GMT
Have you read Ian Stewart's Flatterland? Nope, what's it about? |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Jul 29, 2021 21:59:46 GMT
Have you read Ian Stewart's Flatterland? Nope, what's it about? It is, in a Carrolian style, an adventure through higher mathematical curiosities. |
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Post by ππ³π°π΅π΄π¬πΊ on Jul 29, 2021 23:36:48 GMT
It is, in a Carrolian style, an adventure through higher mathematical curiosities. Flatterland or Flatland ? |
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Post by Gerd von Rundstedt on Jul 30, 2021 0:32:30 GMT
It is, in a Carrolian style, an adventure through higher mathematical curiosities. Flatterland or Flatland ? Flatterland, subtitled "Like Flatland, but Flatter." |
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