Douglas Adams, was RE: Fruitcakes was Re: Kentum/satem

From: Maarten van Beek [mailto:dungeonmaster@ALMARAN.NET]

> > Van: Constructed Languages List
> > Onderwerp: Re: Fruitcakes was Re: Kentum/satem
> >
> > (For those who do not recognise the reference, the white
> mice build earth
> as
> > a super computer, according to "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
> trilogy
> > by Douglas Adams. It's a book every geek in the US and UK has read.)
>
> And in The Netherlands too... I know people who printed the
> whole damns
> series off of the internet on the university computers (even
> though it can
> be purchased, both in English and Dutch, at every decent
> bookstore in the
> country). All of my friends know that the answer is 42 (even
> the illiterate
> ones!)
Which reminds me - has anybody got the new book? I saw it in
a display in Waterstones on the way to work this morning. Must
get it myself.

Oh, and sorry for the inconvenience ;-)

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