mpainesyd
(Michael Paine)
March 18, 2025, 11:58pm
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Another of Douglas Adams’ premonitions seems to be unfolding. Dolphins inspect the Dragon Capsule after splashdown:
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy of six books" written by Douglas Adams. Its title is the message left by the dolphins when they departed Planet Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. A song of the same name was featured in the 2005 film adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
While hitchhiking through the galaxy, Arthur De...
Apologies for going off-topic.
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Will_M
(Will M)
March 19, 2025, 10:02pm
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Off-topic? It’s your topic! You’re exactly on-topic!
Thanks for posting.
macguyver
(MacGuyver)
March 20, 2025, 2:42am
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I always liked the tagline for Mostly Harmless, “The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers Trilogy”.
That digitally captured photo shows dolphins passing by a space capsule, but organic life forms may perceive it as a large pink elephant .
The dolphins must have not quite noticed it peripherally and came in for a second look.
Meanwhile, it appears many people on Earth seem to have put on their Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses as rumors spread of a new hyperspace bypass to be constructed very close by…
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Will_B
March 21, 2025, 12:25am
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Great! I’ll get my towel and my Guide and “stick out my thumb.” There is no intelligent life down here.
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mpainesyd
(Michael Paine)
March 21, 2025, 1:45am
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My guess is that it will happen on World Towel Day - 25th May!
Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans. On this day, fans openly carry a towel with them, as described in Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, to demonstrate their appreciation for the books and the author. The commemoration was first held 25 May 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on 11 May.
The importance of the towel was introduced in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy original radio series in 1978. The follow-up book expl...
Above all…
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