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[-] macattack@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I'm confused. Can somebody explain this reference or take away?

[-] MadBabs@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

It's a quote between two characters in Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Wasn't this scene in Mostly Harmless? Books not movie, radio show, or miniseries.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

No it was definitely in the first book, the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy. Mostly Harmless is the last book and it doesn't include Slartibartfast.

[-] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

And I think this exact quote is from the movie. It's a bit different in the book IIRC, but I prefer this one.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Ahh I mixed up the order. Been a couple decades since I read them. I guess I was thinking it was in Restaurant at the end of the Universe

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

po-tay-to, po-tah-to

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