19 Douglas Adams Quotes
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------=_Part_12121491_1643135025.1539875538810 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 10 Hilarious Douglas Adams Quotes Wise words from a dry-sandwich-hater and deadline-avoider.=C2=A0 =20 - PROMOTED BY=C2=A0OPEN ROAD MEDIA - Books=C2=A0| - By=C2=A0Grazia Rutherford-Swan=C2=A0| - 17 Oct 2018 Welcome to the weird, wacky world of Douglas Adams. While his words from=C2= =A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy=C2=A0series might be the mo= st famous, his personal essays and reflections on life, the universe, and t= ropical fish are just as funny. To celebrate the upcoming release of Neil G= aiman's=C2=A0Don=E2=80=99t Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to= the Galaxy=E2=80=94available in digital form for the first time ever on Oc= tober 30th=E2=80=94we're remembering the humor and genius of Douglas Adams.= Grab your towel and enjoy these 10 hilarious, insightful Douglas Adams quot= es. Then pre-order your copy of=C2=A0Don't Panic!AmazonAppleBarnes & NobleG= oogleKobo1. =E2=80=9CSpace [...] is big. Really big. You just won't believe= how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a = long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.=E2= =80=9DIf you=E2=80=99ve ever wondered about the mystery of space, look no f= urther. Douglas Adams knew all about the vastness of the universe. He hilar= iously poked fun at humanity's inability to truly conceive of the vastness = of space, and our tendency to complain about things like a short walk to th= e chemist down the road. In this quote from=C2=A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s G= uide to the Galaxy, he tries to make sense of the huge space between Earth = and the unknown.=C2=A0 The universe is about 46 billion light-years wide, which is possibly a few = miles longer than your commute every morning, though it might not always se= em like it. Don=E2=80=99t worry, now we have Google Earth to really freak u= s out about how small we are.=C2=A0 2. =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignor= ance any day. My favorite piece of information is that Branwell Bront=C3=AB= , brother of Emily and Charlotte, died standing up leaning against a mantel= piece, in order to prove it could be done. This is not quite true, in fact.= My absolute favorite piece of information is the fact that young sloths ar= e so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tre= e limbs, and fall out of trees.=E2=80=9D =20 - Photo Credit:=C2=A0Javier Mezzeo / Unsplash Leave it to Douglas Adams to evoke thoughts of the slowest furry creatures = in nature while also making us think about our own ignorance. Poor Branwell= was also brought into the mix, and we really hope for his sake that he did= n=E2=80=99t die trying to prove a point.=C2=A0 In this quote from=C2=A0Salmon of Doubt, a posthumous collection of previou= sly published and unpublished materials, Adams reflects on understanding an= d ignorance. Throughout Adams=E2=80=99 life, he attempted to understand the= world beyond the one he lived in. From=C2=A0Doctor Who=C2=A0to=C2=A0Monty = Python, Adams explored all kinds of different people and situations. Hopefu= lly he never fell out of a tree trying to gain understanding. Be right back= , going to search for pictures of baby sloths getting baths for a few hours= .=C2=A03. =E2=80=9CHey! What's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very= very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word li= ke ... ow ... ound... round... ground! That's it! That's a good name=E2=80= =94ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?=E2=80=9D =20 - Photo Credit:=C2=A0Alchetron When a spaceship is being attacked in=C2=A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide t= o the Galaxy, Arthur turns on the Improbability Drive, which passes through= every conceivable point in every conceivable universe almost simultaneousl= y, and the ship turns into a sperm whale falling into free space. The quote= above is meant to be the sperm whale=E2=80=99s thoughts as it comes into b= eing, and the effect is innocent, funny, and smart.=C2=A0 The whale=E2=80=99s inner monologue has a sense of purity that many jaded c= haracters in the=C2=A0Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s world do not. Instead of complai= ning and fearing death, the whale is excited at the prospect of meeting the= ground, and even hopes that the ground and the whale can spark up a friend= ship. Also, we just love to imagine a spaceship-to-whale transformation.=C2= =A04. =E2=80=9CHe's spending a year dead for tax reasons.=E2=80=9DDeath as = a response to taxes? Sometimes it seems totally understandable. So when we = read about Hotblack Desiato, a longtime acquaintance of Arthur Dent=E2=80= =99s who chooses to die for a year due to taxes, we get it. We meet Hotblac= k Desiato in=C2=A0The Restaurant at the End of Universe=C2=A0and also in th= e television series of=C2=A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy, a= nd it=E2=80=99s hard not to admire the tenacity of someone willing to die t= o avoid spending money.=C2=A05. =E2=80=9CThere is a feeling which persists = in England that making a sandwich interesting, attractive, or in any way pl= easant to eat is something sinful that only foreigners do.``Make 'em dry,''= is the instruction buried somewhere in the collective national consciousne= ss." =20 - Photo Credit:=C2=A0Alchetron Perhaps if the people of England had made better looking sandwiches, Adams = wouldn=E2=80=99t have moved to the United States. Adams moved back and fort= h from England to California often, but he ultimately made his home in Sant= a Barbara from 1999 to the time of his death. Perhaps the California avocad= o sandwiches kept Adams from going back to his homeland. In the third insta= llment of=C2=A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy, we=E2=80=99re = brought to the attention of the atrocity of British sandwiches.=C2=A0 Hold the mayo, they must be saying, because Adams describes British pub san= dwiches as terrible and dry as a bone. Apparently the British are seeking a= tonement for their prior sins with these dry sandwiches, and we love that t= hey=E2=80=99re called out so blatantly in=C2=A0So Long, and Thanks for all = the Fish.=C2=A0 6. =E2=80=9CIf I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic= because if it wasn't the forces of natural selection that designed fish, I= t must have been an Italian.=E2=80=9D=C2=A0 =20 - Photo Credit:=C2=A0Jerry / Flickr (CC) On a trip to the reefs in Australia with his wife, Adams explored the tropi= cal fish in the water and mused on their unreal appearances in his 1992 ess= ay, =E2=80=9CRiding the Rays.=E2=80=9D After he saw the fish, he was lucky = enough to look upon a giant manta ray, which he called the =E2=80=9Csingle = most beautiful and unearthly thing I had ever seen in my life.=E2=80=9D=C2= =A0 Besides the holy experience with the fish in Australia, Adams was a staunch= atheist. He even referred to himself as a radical atheist instead of a nor= mal atheist because he didn=E2=80=99t want people to think he was agnostic.= =C2=A0 The Salmon of Doubt By=C2=A0Douglas Adams=C2=A0AmazonAppleBarnes & Noble7. =E2=80=9CI love dead= lines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.=E2=80=9DPerhaps= one of the most famous of Adams=E2=80=99 quotes from=C2=A0The Salmon of Do= ubt, we can=E2=80=99t help but chuckle thinking about the times we've watch= ed a deadline sadly pass us by. Adams was an infamous procrastinator, and h= e was even caught writing the script for=C2=A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guid= e to the Galaxy=C2=A0radio show as the show was airing. Yikes.=C2=A0Though = we hope to stay on top of our deadlines, at least we know if we fall behind= that we=E2=80=99re in the great company of Douglas Adams, Procrastinating = King. 8. =E2=80=9CI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have = ended up where I needed to be.=E2=80=9DThis quote isn=E2=80=99t funny, but = it hits us right where we need it when things aren=E2=80=99t going our way.= Adams always knew he wanted to be a writer, and he even motivated himself = by thinking of his good writing grades in school, but he hit a lot of bumps= along the way.=C2=A0 From procrastinating to the point of absurdity, to getting a relatively sma= ll advance on his first book, Adams=E2=80=99 journey as a writer might not = have gone according to plan initially. But ultimately, he still wound up on= e of the best, most unique sci-fi writers ever. All we=E2=80=99re saying is= that he=E2=80=99s right: Sometimes we end up where we need to be, not wher= e we want to be.=C2=A09. =E2=80=9CIn the beginning the Universe was created= . This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a ba= d move.=E2=80=9D =20 - Photo Credit:=C2=A0Jeremy Thomas / Unsplash Adams=E2=80=99 radical atheism combined with a sense of humor about the ran= dom happenings of the Universe gave us this great quote in=C2=A0The Restaur= ant at the End of the Universe.=C2=A0Discussed like the creation of a bad i= nvention, the Universe is regarded here as a mild nuisance. Ugh, the Univer= se again? We=E2=80=99re sick of talking about it. Send it away!Perhaps the = Universe was a bad move, but we appreciate the universe Adams created with= =C2=A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy.=C2=A0With television sh= ows, a movie, a radio show, and, of course, books, the Douglas Adams univer= se is one we are quite glad was created.=C2=A0 =20 - Fans pose for May 25th, also known as Towel Day.=C2=A0 - Photo Credit:=C2=A0dancing_triss / Flickr (CC) 10. =E2=80=9CI don't want to die now! I've still got a headache! I don't wa= nt to go to heaven with a headache, I'd be all cross and wouldn't enjoy it!= =E2=80=9D=C2=A0What=E2=80=99s worse than dying? Dying with an eternal heada= che, that=E2=80=99s what. When Arthur Dent decides this would be a terrible= way to go in=C2=A0The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy, we can rel= ate. Drink your water, Arthur!=C2=A0From shocking news about the size of th= e universe to fish, Adams had a funny opinion on almost everything. Cheers = to you, Douglas Adams. 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While his w= ords from <a href=3D"https://www.amazon.com/Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-D= ouglas-Adams-ebook/dp/B000XUBC2C/ref=3Dtmm_kin_swatch_0?tag=3Dportalistsite= -port-nl-20" target=3D"_blank" data-amzn-asin=3D"B000XUBC2C" style=3D"box-s= izing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit; color: r= gb(60, 125, 154); text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; outline-styl= e: initial; outline-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid; font-weight: 700;= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29077"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inh= erit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29078">The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide t= o the Galaxy</em></a><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backfac= e-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153986= 8459968_29079"> </em>series might be the most famous, his personal ess= ays and reflections on life, the universe, and tropical fish are just as fu= nny. To celebrate the upcoming release of Neil Gaiman's <em style=3D"b= ox-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: = inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29080">Don=E2=80=99t Panic:= Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</em>=E2=80=94avai= lable in digital form for the first time ever on October 30th=E2=80=94we're= remembering the humor and genius of Douglas Adams.</div><div style=3D"box-= sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1rem; backface-visibility: hidden; line-hei= ght: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29081">Grab your towel and enjoy these = 10 hilarious, insightful Douglas Adams quotes. 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min-height:= 60px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29097">Kobo</a></div></div></= div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-= visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29= 098"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; font-s= ize: 24px; line-height: 24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-fami= ly: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D"= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29099">1. =E2=80=9CSpace [...] is big. Real= ly big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is.= I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but th= at's just peanuts to space.=E2=80=9D</div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: i= nherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" i= d=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29100"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inher= it; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; te= xt-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0= _ym19_1_1539868459968_29101">If you=E2=80=99ve ever wondered about the myst= ery of space, look no further. Douglas Adams knew all about the vastness of= the universe. He hilariously poked fun at humanity's inability to truly co= nceive of the vastness of space, and our tendency to complain about things = like a short walk to the chemist down the road. In this quote from <em= style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; li= ne-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29102">The Hitch= hiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy</em>, he tries to make sense of the hug= e space between Earth and the unknown. </div><div style=3D"box-sizing:= inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28= px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_= 3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29103"><br></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inhe= rit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; t= ext-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_= 0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29111">The universe is about 46 billion light-years = wide, which is possibly a few miles longer than your commute every morning,= though it might not always seem like it. Don=E2=80=99t worry, now we have = Google Earth to really freak us out about how small we are. </div></di= v><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 5px 26px; backface-visibil= ity: hidden; padding: 20px 0px; max-width: 88rem; border-top: 1px solid rgb= (221, 221, 221); border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image:= initial; border-left: none; border-right: none;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1= 539868459968_29112"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backfac= e-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_= 29113"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 25px; backface-vis= ibility: hidden; font-size: 21px; line-height: 27px; text-rendering: optimi= zeLegibility;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29114"><br><br></div><= /div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface= -visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_2= 9127"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; font-= size: 24px; line-height: 24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-fam= ily: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D= "yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29128">2. =E2=80=9CI=E2=80=99d take the aw= e of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. My favorite piece of = information is that Branwell Bront=C3=AB, brother of Emily and Charlotte, d= ied standing up leaning against a mantelpiece, in order to prove it could b= e done. This is not quite true, in fact. My absolute favorite piece of info= rmation is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently gra= b their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.=E2= =80=9D</div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; b= ackface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; min-height: 673.922px; border: no= ne; text-align: center;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29129"><figu= re style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden;"= id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29130"><a href=3D"https://unsplash.c= om/photos/GTXvpZ2eTdA" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; back= face-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(4, 28, 43); curso= r: pointer; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px = solid; font-weight: 700;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29131"><img= data-src=3D"https://orion-uploads.openroadmedia.com/md_69ca4856eda4-slooth= .jpg" alt=3D"Douglas Adams Quotes" src=3D"https://orion-uploads.openroadmed= ia.com/md_69ca4856eda4-slooth.jpg" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0p= x auto; backface-visibility: hidden; border-width: 0px; border-style: initi= al; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; min-hei= ght: 636.922px; width: 827.438px; object-fit: cover;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1539868459968_29132" data-id=3D"18ff55fe-c015-39e2-ad70-a4fb59a8c697" cl= ass=3D""></a><figcaption style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px;= backface-visibility: hidden; text-align: left;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15= 39868459968_29133"><ul style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 10px; marg= in-bottom: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding-left: 0px; list-style-= position: outside; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family= : Ubuntu, sans-serif; display: inline-flex; font-size: 14px;" id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29134"><li style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0= px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; display:= inline-block;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29135">Photo Credit:&= nbsp;<span style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: = hidden; color: rgb(4, 28, 43);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29136= ">Javier Mezzeo / Unsplash</span></li></ul></figcaption></figure></div><div= style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: h= idden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29137"><div sty= le=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden= ; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51,= 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29138">Leave it to Douglas Ada= ms to evoke thoughts of the slowest furry creatures in nature while also ma= king us think about our own ignorance. Poor Branwell was also brought into = the mix, and we really hope for his sake that he didn=E2=80=99t die trying = to prove a point. </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bott= om: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: o= ptimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868= 459968_29139"><br></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 2= 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimi= zeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153986845996= 8_29143">In this quote from <em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: = 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_y= m19_1_1539868459968_29144">Salmon of Doubt</em>, a posthumous collection of= previously published and unpublished materials, Adams reflects on understa= nding and ignorance. Throughout Adams=E2=80=99 life, he attempted to unders= tand the world beyond the one he lived in. From <em style=3D"box-sizin= g: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;= " id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29145">Doctor Who</em> to = ;<em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden= ; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29146">Monty= Python</em>, Adams explored all kinds of different people and situations. = Hopefully he never fell out of a tree trying to gain understanding. Be righ= t back, going to search for pictures of baby sloths getting baths for a few= hours. </div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px= 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1= 539868459968_29147"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility:= hidden; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibi= lity; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(60, 125= , 154);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29148">3. =E2=80=9CHey! What= 's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat = and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like ... ow ... ound... round.= .. ground! That's it! That's a good name=E2=80=94ground! 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The quote above is meant to be the sperm whale=E2=80=99s tho= ughts as it comes into being, and the effect is innocent, funny, and smart.= </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backfac= e-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility= ; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29159"><br= ></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-vis= ibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; col= or: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29163">The whal= e=E2=80=99s inner monologue has a sense of purity that many jaded character= s in the <em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visib= ility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968= _29164">Hitchhiker</em>=E2=80=99s world do not. Instead of complaining and = fearing death, the whale is excited at the prospect of meeting the ground, = and even hopes that the ground and the whale can spark up a friendship. Als= o, we just love to imagine a spaceship-to-whale transformation. </div>= </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visi= bility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29165"= ><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; font-size:= 24px; line-height: 24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-family: = Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D"yui_= 3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29166">4. =E2=80=9CHe's spending a year dead fo= r tax reasons.=E2=80=9D</div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margi= n: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29167"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bo= ttom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering:= optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15398= 68459968_29168">Death as a response to taxes? Sometimes it seems totally un= derstandable. So when we read about Hotblack Desiato, a longtime acquaintan= ce of Arthur Dent=E2=80=99s who chooses to die for a year due to taxes, we = get it. We meet Hotblack Desiato in <a href=3D"https://www.amazon.com/= Restaurant-Universe-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-ebook/dp/B001ODEQCU/ref=3Dsr_1= _1_twi_kin_1?tag=3Dportalistsite-port-nl-20" target=3D"_blank" data-amzn-as= in=3D"B001ODEQCU" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden= ; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(60, 125, 154); text-decoration-line: non= e; cursor: pointer; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; border-bott= om: 1px solid; font-weight: 700;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_291= 69"><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hid= den; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29170">Th= e Restaurant at the End of Universe</em></a><em style=3D"box-sizing: inheri= t; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"y= ui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29171"> </em>and also in the television= series of <em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-vis= ibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15398684599= 68_29172">The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy</em>, and it=E2=80= =99s hard not to admire the tenacity of someone willing to die to avoid spe= nding money. </div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0p= x 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1539868459968_29173"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibi= lity: hidden; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; text-rendering: optimizeL= egibility; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(60= , 125, 154);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29174">5. =E2=80=9CTher= e is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich interesting= , attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something sinful that only f= oreigners do.``Make 'em dry,'' is the instruction buried somewhere in the c= ollective national consciousness."</div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inh= erit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; min-h= eight: 675.844px; border: none; text-align: center;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1539868459968_29175"><figure style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; b= ackface-visibility: hidden;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29176"><= img data-src=3D"https://orion-uploads.openroadmedia.com/md_0d5247e6b257-ada= msdouglas01.jpg" alt=3D"Douglas Adams Quotes" src=3D"https://orion-uploads.= openroadmedia.com/md_0d5247e6b257-adamsdouglas01.jpg" style=3D"box-sizing: = inherit; margin: 0px auto; backface-visibility: hidden; display: inline-blo= ck; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; min-height: 638.844px; width: = 827.438px; object-fit: cover; cursor: default;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153= 9868459968_29177" data-id=3D"d762dfdd-79b8-a711-2aad-319988052c51"><figcapt= ion style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility:= hidden; text-align: left;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29178"><u= l style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; backf= ace-visibility: hidden; padding-left: 0px; list-style-position: outside; li= ne-height: 1.6; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;= display: inline-flex; font-size: 14px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459= 968_29179"><li style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibili= ty: hidden; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; display: inline-block;" id=3D= "yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29180">Photo Credit: <span style=3D"b= ox-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; color: rgb(4,= 28, 43);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29181">Alchetron</span></l= i></ul></figcaption></figure></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margi= n: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29182"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bo= ttom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering:= optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15398= 68459968_29183">Perhaps if the people of England had made better looking sa= ndwiches, Adams wouldn=E2=80=99t have moved to the United States. Adams mov= ed back and forth from England to California often, but he ultimately made = his home in Santa Barbara from 1999 to the time of his death. Perhaps the C= alifornia avocado sandwiches kept Adams from going back to his homeland. In= the third installment of <em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0p= x; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1539868459968_29184">The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy</em>,= we=E2=80=99re brought to the attention of the atrocity of British sandwich= es. </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; back= face-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibil= ity; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29185">= <br></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-= visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; = color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29190">Hold = the mayo, they must be saying, because Adams describes British pub sandwich= es as terrible and dry as a bone. Apparently the British are seeking atonem= ent for their prior sins with these dry sandwiches, and we love that they= =E2=80=99re called out so blatantly in <em style=3D"box-sizing: inheri= t; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"y= ui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29191">So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish.= </em></div></div><div data-widget-id=3D"GS_8" data-src=3D" " data-ob-= template=3D"OpenRoadIntegratedMedia,Inc." data-ob-mark=3D"true" data-browse= r=3D"chrome" data-os=3D"win32" data-dynload=3D"" data-idx=3D"0" style=3D"bo= x-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; paddi= ng: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29192"><div data-dynamic-tr= uncate=3D"true" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 30px; backfac= e-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; min-width: 0px; ove= rflow: hidden;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29193"><div style=3D"= box-sizing: inherit; margin: 10px 0px 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; pad= ding: 1px 10px 4px; direction: ltr; clear: both; ; top: 5px; right: 0px; te= xt-align: right; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym= 19_1_1539868459968_29215"><br></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; marg= in: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1539868459968_29218"></div></div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit;= margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui= _3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29219"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; back= face-visibility: hidden; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; text-rendering= : optimizeLegibility; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; co= lor: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29220">6. = =E2=80=9CIf I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic be= cause if it wasn't the forces of natural selection that designed fish, It m= ust have been an Italian.=E2=80=9D </div></div><div style=3D"box-sizin= g: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;= min-height: 675.844px; border: none; text-align: center;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0= _ym19_1_1539868459968_29221"><figure style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: = 0px; backface-visibility: hidden;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29= 222"><a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/14976045@N02/2533442128" targ= et=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; li= ne-height: inherit; color: rgb(4, 28, 43); cursor: pointer; outline-style: = initial; outline-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid; font-weight: 700;" i= d=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29223"><img data-src=3D"https://orion-= uploads.openroadmedia.com/md_e39006ad6c55-fishfish.jpg" alt=3D"Douglas Adam= s Quotes" src=3D"https://orion-uploads.openroadmedia.com/md_e39006ad6c55-fi= shfish.jpg" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; backface-visibi= lity: hidden; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; display: inline-blo= ck; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; min-height: 638.844px; width: = 827.438px; object-fit: cover;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29224"= data-id=3D"09f4b563-70bf-8690-7c15-0381627194fe" class=3D""></a><figcaptio= n style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: h= idden; text-align: left;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29225"><ul = style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; backfac= e-visibility: hidden; padding-left: 0px; list-style-position: outside; line= -height: 1.6; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; d= isplay: inline-flex; font-size: 14px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153986845996= 8_29226"><li style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility= : hidden; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; display: inline-block;" id=3D"y= ui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29227">Photo Credit: <span style=3D"box= -sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; color: rgb(4, 2= 8, 43);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29228">Jerry / Flickr (CC)</= span></li></ul></figcaption></figure></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inheri= t; margin: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29229"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; m= argin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-re= ndering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1539868459968_29230">On a trip to the reefs in Australia with his wife, = Adams explored the tropical fish in the water and mused on their unreal app= earances in his 1992 essay, =E2=80=9CRiding the Rays.=E2=80=9D After he saw= the fish, he was lucky enough to look upon a giant manta ray, which he cal= led the =E2=80=9Csingle most beautiful and unearthly thing I had ever seen = in my life.=E2=80=9D </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-b= ottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering= : optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539= 868459968_29231"><br></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom= : 20px; 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c= olor: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; outl= ine-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; border: none; display: inline-block= ; vertical-align: middle; padding: 13px; -webkit-appearance: none; border-r= adius: 0px; transition: background-color 0.25s ease-out 0s, color 0.25s eas= e-out 0s; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-seri= f; width: 190px; min-height: 60px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_2= 9258">Barnes & Noble</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div= ><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibilit= y: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29259"><div= style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; font-size: 24px= ; line-height: 24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-family: Ubunt= u, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D"yui_3_16_= 0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29260">7. =E2=80=9CI love deadlines. I like the whoo= shing sound they make as they fly by.=E2=80=9D</div></div><div style=3D"box= -sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; paddin= g: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29261"><div style=3D"box-siz= ing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height= : 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"= yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29262">Perhaps one of the most famous of Ad= ams=E2=80=99 quotes from <em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px= ; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19= _1_1539868459968_29263">The Salmon of Doubt</em>, we can=E2=80=99t help but= chuckle thinking about the times we've watched a deadline sadly pass us by= . Adams was an infamous procrastinator, and he was even caught writing the = script for<em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibilit= y: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_292= 64"> The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy</em> radio show= as the show was airing. Yikes. </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inheri= t; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; tex= t-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_= ym19_1_1539868459968_29265">Though we hope to stay on top of our deadlines,= at least we know if we fall behind that we=E2=80=99re in the great company= of Douglas Adams, Procrastinating King.</div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inh= erit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; = text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29266"><br></div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: in= herit; margin: 0px 5px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 20px 0px= ; max-width: 88rem; border-top: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom= : 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-left: none; b= order-right: none;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29273"><div style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding:= 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29274"><div style=3D"box-sizin= g: inherit; margin-bottom: 25px; backface-visibility: hidden; font-size: 21= px; line-height: 27px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id=3D"yui_3_16_= 0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29275"><br><br></div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing:= inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; min-heigh= t: 62px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29280"><br></div></div><div= style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hi= dden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29288"><div styl= e=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; font-size: 24px; lin= e-height: 24px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-family: Ubuntu, sa= ns-serif; font-weight: 700; color: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1539868459968_29289">8. =E2=80=9CI may not have gone where I intended t= o go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.=E2=80=9D</div></div= ><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibili= ty: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29290"><di= v style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: h= idden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51= , 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29291">This quote isn=E2= =80=99t funny, but it hits us right where we need it when things aren=E2=80= =99t going our way. Adams always knew he wanted to be a writer, and he even= motivated himself by thinking of his good writing grades in school, but he= hit a lot of bumps along the way. </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inh= erit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; = text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29292"><br></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit;= margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-= rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym= 19_1_1539868459968_29297">From procrastinating to the point of absurdity, t= o getting a relatively small advance on his first book, Adams=E2=80=99 jour= ney as a writer might not have gone according to plan initially. But ultima= tely, he still wound up one of the best, most unique sci-fi writers ever. A= ll we=E2=80=99re saying is that he=E2=80=99s right: Sometimes we end up whe= re we need to be, not where we want to be. </div></div><div style=3D"b= ox-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; paddi= ng: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29298"><div style=3D"box-si= zing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; font-size: 24px; line-height: 2= 4px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; f= ont-weight: 700; color: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868= 459968_29299">9. =E2=80=9CIn the beginning the Universe was created. This h= as made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.= =E2=80=9D</div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px= ; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; min-height: 673.922px; border:= none; text-align: center;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29300"><f= igure style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidde= n;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29301"><img data-src=3D"https://o= rion-uploads.openroadmedia.com/md_a4ce7e3d4cda-jeremy-thomas-unsplash.jpg" = alt=3D"Douglas Adams Quotes" src=3D"https://orion-uploads.openroadmedia.com= /md_a4ce7e3d4cda-jeremy-thomas-unsplash.jpg" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; = margin: 0px auto; backface-visibility: hidden; display: inline-block; verti= cal-align: middle; max-width: 100%; min-height: 636.922px; width: 827.438px= ; object-fit: cover; cursor: default;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_153986845996= 8_29302" data-id=3D"51837170-fdcc-5d6b-b5af-97f0f08c97bd" class=3D""><figca= ption style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibilit= y: hidden; text-align: left;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29303">= <ul style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; bac= kface-visibility: hidden; padding-left: 0px; list-style-position: outside; = line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-seri= f; display: inline-flex; font-size: 14px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15398684= 59968_29304"><li style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibi= lity: hidden; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; display: inline-block;" id= =3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29305">Photo Credit: <span style= =3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; color: r= gb(4, 28, 43);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29306">Jeremy Thomas = / Unsplash</span></li></ul></figcaption></figure></div><div style=3D"box-si= zing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: = 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29307"><div style=3D"box-sizing= : inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 2= 8px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui= _3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29308">Adams=E2=80=99 radical atheism combined= with a sense of humor about the random happenings of the Universe gave us = this great quote in <a href=3D"https://www.amazon.com/Restaurant-Unive= rse-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-ebook/dp/B001ODEQCU/ref=3Dsr_1_1_twi_kin_1?tag= =3Dportalistsite-port-nl-20" target=3D"_blank" data-amzn-asin=3D"B001ODEQCU= " style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: i= nherit; color: rgb(60, 125, 154); text-decoration-line: none; cursor: point= er; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid; f= ont-weight: 700;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29309"><em style=3D= "box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height= : inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29310">The Restaurant at = the End of the Universe</em></a><em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0= px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym= 19_1_1539868459968_29311">. </em>Discussed like the creation of a bad = invention, the Universe is regarded here as a mild nuisance. Ugh, the Unive= rse again? We=E2=80=99re sick of talking about it. Send it away!</div><div = style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hid= den; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, = 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29312">Perhaps the Universe= was a bad move, but we appreciate the universe Adams created with <em= style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; li= ne-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29313">The Hitch= hiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy. </em>With television shows, a mov= ie, a radio show, and, of course, books, the Douglas Adams universe is one = we are quite glad was created. </div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: i= nherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; min= -height: 626.422px; border: none; text-align: center;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym1= 9_1_1539868459968_29314"><figure style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;= backface-visibility: hidden;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29315"= ><a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancing_triss/8830150208/in" targ= et=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; backface-visibility: hidden; li= ne-height: inherit; color: rgb(4, 28, 43); cursor: pointer; outline-style: = initial; outline-width: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid; font-weight: 700;" i= d=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29316"><img data-src=3D"https://orion-= uploads.openroadmedia.com/md_fef8e1c41a48-flickrtowelday.jpg" alt=3D"Dougla= s Adams quotes" src=3D"https://orion-uploads.openroadmedia.com/md_fef8e1c41= a48-flickrtowelday.jpg" style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; bac= kface-visibility: hidden; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; display= : inline-block; vertical-align: middle; max-width: 100%; min-height: 573.42= 2px; width: 827.438px; object-fit: cover;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15398684= 59968_29317" data-id=3D"c88cf090-a860-1e86-724d-dad920cb6998"></a><figcapti= on style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: = hidden; text-align: left;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29318"><ul= style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; backfa= ce-visibility: hidden; padding-left: 0px; list-style-position: outside; lin= e-height: 1.6; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; = display: inline-flex; font-size: 14px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15398684599= 68_29319"><li style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; backf= ace-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; display: inline-b= lock;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29320"><span style=3D"box-sizi= ng: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym= 19_1_1539868459968_29321"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom:= 1rem; backface-visibility: hidden; font-size: inherit; line-height: 1.6; t= ext-rendering: optimizeLegibility;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_2= 9322">Fans pose for May 25th, also known as Towel Day. </div></span></= li><li style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidd= en; padding: 0px; font-size: inherit; display: inline-block;" id=3D"yui_3_1= 6_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29323">Photo Credit: <span style=3D"box-sizin= g: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibility: hidden; color: rgb(4, 28, 43)= ;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29324">dancing_triss / Flickr (CC)= </span></li></ul></figcaption></figure></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inhe= rit; margin: 0px 0px 5px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D= "yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29325"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; = backface-visibility: hidden; font-size: 24px; line-height: 24px; text-rende= ring: optimizeLegibility; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-weight: 700= ; color: rgb(60, 125, 154);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29326">1= 0. =E2=80=9CI don't want to die now! I've still got a headache! I don't wan= t to go to heaven with a headache, I'd be all cross and wouldn't enjoy it!= =E2=80=9D </div></div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0= px 26px; backface-visibility: hidden; padding: 0px;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_= 1_1539868459968_29327"><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 20= px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-rendering: optimiz= eLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968= _29328">What=E2=80=99s worse than dying? Dying with an eternal headache, th= at=E2=80=99s what. When Arthur Dent decides this would be a terrible way to= go in <em style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; backface-visibil= ity: hidden; line-height: inherit;" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1539868459968_2= 9329">The Hitchhiker=E2=80=99s Guide to the Galaxy</em>, we can relate. Dri= nk your water, Arthur! </div><div style=3D"box-sizing: inherit; margin= -bottom: 20px; backface-visibility: hidden; line-height: 28px; text-renderi= ng: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1539868459968_29330">From shocking news about the size of the uni= verse to fish, Adams had a funny opinion on almost everything. Cheers to yo= u, Douglas Adams. We=E2=80=99re forever grateful for your hilarious wisdom.= </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html> ------=_Part_12121491_1643135025.1539875538810--