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2006-08-31

A predilection for little fur hats

Mr. L. Prosser was, as they say, only human. In other words, he was a carbon-based bipedal life form descended from an ape. More specifically, he was forty, fat and shabby and worked for the local council. Curiously enough, though he didn't know it, he was also a direct male-line descendant of Genghis Khan, though intervening generations and racial mixing had so juggled his genes that he had no discernable Mongoloid characteristics, and the only vestiges left in Mr. L. Prosser of his mighty ancestry were a pronounced stoutness about the tum and a predilection for little fur hats. [7]

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Harmony Books, 2004. ISBN: 1400052920.

Yes, I'm finally reading it, Sven!

4 Comments:

At 1/9/06 10:53, Anonymous Anonymous said...

*grin* douglas adams always makes me soooo happy. :)

oh, and incidentally, the word i had to type to post this was "orcmac," and i'm wondering if that's what orcs order from mcdonald's or if it's made of orc and something else eats it? and is there cheese? because there should be. all orcmacs are best dressed with cheese.

 
At 1/9/06 11:11, Blogger JohnM said...

While Orcmacs originally came from the dairy-free Novara system, like the Vogons they levered themselves out of the primordial slime as quickly as they could, and migrated to the Monferrato zone of the Vercelli system, where they became one of the foremost producers of cheesy comestibles in that part of the galaxy. They are particulary well known for their Gorgonzola, which does not need to be pasteurized since it is produced in a vacuum on their factory in geostationary orbit 35,786 miles above the planet Gorgon.

So, in short, don't eat Orcmacs, eat their cheese.

 
At 17/5/12 11:24, Blogger Unknown said...

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While Orcmacs originally came from the dairy-free Novara system, like the Vogons they levered themselves out of the primordial slime as quickly as they could, and migrated to the Monferrato zone of the Vercelli system, where they became one of the foremost producers of cheesy comestibles in that part of the galaxy. They are particulary well known for their Gorgonzola, which does not need to be pasteurized since it is produced in a vacuum on their factory in geostationary orbit 35,786 miles above the planet Gorgon.

 
At 3/7/12 02:39, Blogger Unknown said...

The Great Auk was a large, flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It lived in the North Atlantic, and bred on rocky, isolated islands with easy access to both the ocean and a plentiful food supply, a rarity in nature that provided only a few breeding sites for it. The Great Auk was 75 to 85 centimetres (30 to 33 in) tall and weighed around 5 kilograms (11 lb), making it the largest alcid. It had a black back and a white belly.
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