Matt the King of Yams

I'd like to meet:

MathiasIV's Favorite Douglas Adams Quotes

"Time is only an illusion, lunchtime doubly so" -Ford Prefect, Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy

"The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down his throat..."
-The Book, on one of the Vogon's social inadequacies

"..You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasently like being drunk.' ..What's so unpleasent about being drunk?' ..You ask a glass of water.'"
-Arthur getting ready for his first jump into hyperspace

"If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now."
-Zaphod

"In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry creatures from Aplha Centauri."
-The Book getting all nostalgic.

(probably my all time favorite, you have to read the book to really get it, its the context that makes it super funny) "Oh no, not again."
-A bowl of petunias on it's way to certain death.

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
-The Book.

"The main reception foyer was almost empty but Ford nevertheless weaved his way through it." -Ford making his way out of Milliways whilst under the influence of enough alchol to make a rhino sing.

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
-Some wisdom from The Book.

"..A curse,' said Slartibartfast, ..which will engulf the Galaxy in fire and destruction, and possibly bring the Universe to a premature doom. I mean it,' he added. ..Sounds like a bad time,' said Ford, ..with luck I'll be drunk enough not to notice.'"
-Ford ensuring everyone knew where his priorities lay.

"There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind."
-This line perhaps best sums up the whole book.

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
-Douglas Adams

"Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast."
-Douglas Adams

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea..."
-Douglas Adams

"All it takes to fly is to hurl yourself at the ground... and miss."
-Douglas Adams

"It is not the fall that kills you. It's the sudden stop at the end."
-Douglas Adams

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
-Douglas Adams

Hrmmmm..... A really nice older person with lots of money that feels like writing me into their will and then dying. Yes, that sounds swell... oh... and Brad's mom in a back ally in about half an hour.