| Good bits in the movie [message #29836] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 02:01 |
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Make a list folks !
1. Dolphin footage.
2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
4. Magrathea workshop scene.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29879 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 06:52 |
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In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Steve Marshall's voice said the
following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
low as to make a man weep:
> Make a list folks !
>
> 1. Dolphin footage.
>
> 2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>
> 3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>
> 4. Magrathea workshop scene.
5. Marvin.
6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
8. The build-up to the above.
9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29884 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 08:20 |
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"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>
>> Make a list folks !
>>
>> 1. Dolphin footage.
>>
>> 2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>
>> 3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>
>> 4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>
> 5. Marvin.
>
> 6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>
> 7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>
> 8. The build-up to the above.
>
> 9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>
> 10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>
11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
Should win awards.
14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
that's might be John's "build-up".)
15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to Uluru,
which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The screaming stops.
"Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And they go zipping
laterally out of frame.
16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the chaos
before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his looks.)
17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
18. The sheep panicking.
19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent, which
I've always wondered about... Um..."
20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
21. Slapsticks.
(Halfway)
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29885 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 08:34 |
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On 09/05/2005 07:20, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Dave Adalian spewed up:
> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
> that's might be John's "build-up".)
Aye, that's the one!
And has anybody noticed anything? About the lack of a thirty word, two
comma and one colon preamble, for instance? Isn't it spangly, eh?
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29886 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 08:35 |
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On 09/05/2005 07:20, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Dave Adalian spewed up:
> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>
>>>Make a list folks!
>>>
>>>1. Dolphin footage.
>>>
>>>2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>>
>>>3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>>
>>>4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>>
>>5. Marvin.
>>
>>6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>>
>>7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>>
>>8. The build-up to the above.
>>
>>9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>>
>>10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>
> 11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
>
> 12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
>
> 13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
> Should win awards.
>
> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
> that's might be John's "build-up".)
>
> 15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to Uluru,
> which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The screaming stops.
> "Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And they go zipping
> laterally out of frame.
>
> 16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the chaos
> before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his looks.)
>
> 17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
>
> 18. The sheep panicking.
>
> 19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent, which
> I've always wondered about... Um..."
>
> 20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
>
> 21. Slapsticks.
22. Ford actually using his towel.
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29887 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 08:35 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>
>>>Make a list folks !
>>>
>>>1. Dolphin footage.
>>>
>>>2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>>
>>>3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>>
>>>4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>>
>>5. Marvin.
>>
>>6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>>
>>7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>>
>>8. The build-up to the above.
>>
>>9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>>
>>10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>>
>
> 11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
>
> 12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
>
> 13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
> Should win awards.
>
> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
> that's might be John's "build-up".)
>
> 15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to Uluru,
> which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The screaming stops.
> "Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And they go zipping
> laterally out of frame.
>
> 16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the chaos
> before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his looks.)
>
> 17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
>
> 18. The sheep panicking.
>
> 19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent, which
> I've always wondered about... Um..."
>
> 20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
>
> 21. Slapsticks.
22. Zaphod trying to fly the RV.
23. Ford's face during the poetry reading
24. Ford, Zaphod and Arthur filling out the paper work on Vogsphere
25. "It won't work on me I'm already a woman"
26. The whale
27. Eddie
28. The signature on Earth's demolition form
29. The design of Vogsphere
30. The interior of the HoG
31. The doors sighing
32. All of the guide entries
33. Arthur's reaction to the Babelfish.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29889 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 08:45 |
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On 09/05/2005 07:35, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and docdude316 spewed up:
> Dave Adalian wrote:
>
>> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>>
>>>> Make a list folks !
>>>>
>>>> 1. Dolphin footage.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>>>
>>>> 4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>>>
>>> 5. Marvin.
>>>
>>> 6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>>>
>>> 7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>>>
>>> 8. The build-up to the above.
>>>
>>> 9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>>>
>>> 10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>>
>> 11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
>>
>> 12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
>>
>> 13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
>> Should win awards.
>>
>> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
>> that's might be John's "build-up".)
>>
>> 15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to
>> Uluru, which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The
>> screaming stops. "Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And
>> they go zipping laterally out of frame.
>>
>> 16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the
>> chaos before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his
>> looks.)
>>
>> 17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
>>
>> 18. The sheep panicking.
>>
>> 19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent,
>> which I've always wondered about... Um..."
>>
>> 20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
>>
>> 21. Slapsticks.
>
> 22. Zaphod trying to fly the RV.
>
> 23. Ford's face during the poetry reading
>
> 24. Ford, Zaphod and Arthur filling out the paper work on Vogsphere
>
> 25. "It won't work on me I'm already a woman"
>
> 26. The whale
>
> 27. Eddie
>
> 28. The signature on Earth's demolition form
>
> 29. The design of Vogsphere
>
> 30. The interior of the HoG
>
> 31. The doors sighing
>
> 32. All of the guide entries
>
> 33. Arthur's reaction to the Babelfish.
34. Ford actually using his towel.
35. Ford trying to say hello to an intelligent lifeform (the car).
36. A-choo! Bless you.
37. The white cliffs of Dover.
38. Some of the custom planets.
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29893 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 08:50 |
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Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and John Coxon
spoke forth:
>On 09/05/2005 07:20, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
>unreason and Dave Adalian spewed up:
>
>> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
>> that's might be John's "build-up".)
>
>Aye, that's the one!
>
>
>And has anybody noticed anything? About the lack of a thirty word, two
>comma and one colon preamble, for instance? Isn't it spangly, eh?
It's not very original , is it?
I seem to remember someone else using it up until a few months back
;-).
--
D.
"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #29894 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 09:10 |
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On 9/05/2005 6:35 p.m. docdude316 hammered the electrons into submission:
> Dave Adalian wrote:
>
>> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>>
>>>> Make a list folks !
>>>>
>>>> 1. Dolphin footage.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>>>
>>>> 4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>>>
>>>
>>> 5. Marvin.
>>>
>>> 6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>>>
>>> 7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>>>
>>> 8. The build-up to the above.
>>>
>>> 9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>>>
>>> 10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>>>
>>
>> 11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
>>
>> 12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
>>
>> 13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
>> Should win awards.
>>
>> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
>> that's might be John's "build-up".)
>>
>> 15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to
>> Uluru, which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The
>> screaming stops. "Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And
>> they go zipping laterally out of frame.
>>
>> 16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the
>> chaos before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his
>> looks.)
>>
>> 17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
>>
>> 18. The sheep panicking.
>>
>> 19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent,
>> which I've always wondered about... Um..."
>>
>> 20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
>>
>> 21. Slapsticks.
>
>
> 22. Zaphod trying to fly the RV.
>
> 23. Ford's face during the poetry reading
>
> 24. Ford, Zaphod and Arthur filling out the paper work on Vogsphere
>
> 25. "It won't work on me I'm already a woman"
>
> 26. The whale
>
> 27. Eddie
>
> 28. The signature on Earth's demolition form
>
> 29. The design of Vogsphere
>
> 30. The interior of the HoG
>
> 31. The doors sighing
>
> 32. All of the guide entries
>
> 33. Arthur's reaction to the Babelfish.
34. He's got a towel! Arrrggghhh!
35. He's bolted it - we'll have to go 'round!
36. String vomit
37. Petals.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #31962 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 17:55 |
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On 09/05/2005 07:50, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Gusty spewed up:
> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and John Coxon
> spoke forth:
>
>>On 09/05/2005 07:20, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
>>unreason and Dave Adalian spewed up:
>>
>>>14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
>>>that's might be John's "build-up".)
>>
>>Aye, that's the one!
>>
>>And has anybody noticed anything? About the lack of a thirty word, two
>>comma and one colon preamble, for instance? Isn't it spangly, eh?
>
> It's not very original , is it?
> I seem to remember someone else using it up until a few months back
> ;-).
OK. Enough. It's time for a poll.
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #31991 ] |
Mo, 09 Mai 2005 23:19 |
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"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote
> > 6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
I really don't see why you think that is good - or funny ( ???? )
Steve M
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32003 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 00:53 |
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"Steve Marshall" <sdm [at] atmosBlockA.plus.com> wrote in message
news:427fd32d$0$39092$ed2e19e4 [at] ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>
> "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> wrote
>
>> > 6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>
> I really don't see why you think that is good - or funny ( ???? )
>
>
> Steve M
>
I liked it because it was zany and involved alcohol (I'm easily pleased).
Plus, it is the sort of thing Ford *would* do.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32007 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 01:37 |
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On Mon, 09 May 2005 19:10:42 +1200, Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net>
unleashed:
>On 9/05/2005 6:35 p.m. docdude316 hammered the electrons into submission:
>> Dave Adalian wrote:
>>
>>> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>>>
>>>>> Make a list folks !
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Dolphin footage.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 5. Marvin.
>>>>
>>>> 6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>>>>
>>>> 7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>>>>
>>>> 8. The build-up to the above.
>>>>
>>>> 9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>>>>
>>>> 10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>>>>
>>>
>>> 11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
>>>
>>> 12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
>>>
>>> 13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
>>> Should win awards.
>>>
>>> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
>>> that's might be John's "build-up".)
>>>
>>> 15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to
>>> Uluru, which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The
>>> screaming stops. "Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And
>>> they go zipping laterally out of frame.
>>>
>>> 16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the
>>> chaos before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his
>>> looks.)
>>>
>>> 17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
>>>
>>> 18. The sheep panicking.
>>>
>>> 19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent,
>>> which I've always wondered about... Um..."
>>>
>>> 20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
>>>
>>> 21. Slapsticks.
>>
>>
>> 22. Zaphod trying to fly the RV.
>>
>> 23. Ford's face during the poetry reading
>>
>> 24. Ford, Zaphod and Arthur filling out the paper work on Vogsphere
>>
>> 25. "It won't work on me I'm already a woman"
>>
>> 26. The whale
>>
>> 27. Eddie
>>
>> 28. The signature on Earth's demolition form
>>
>> 29. The design of Vogsphere
>>
>> 30. The interior of the HoG
>>
>> 31. The doors sighing
>>
>> 32. All of the guide entries
>>
>> 33. Arthur's reaction to the Babelfish.
>
>34. He's got a towel! Arrrggghhh!
>
>35. He's bolted it - we'll have to go 'round!
>
>36. String vomit
>
>37. Petals.
38. The Vogon waiting for the bus - "you're supposed to stop!"
39. "What are cows?"
40. The Islington flat party scene.
41. The mice scene - especially "oh bollocks" as Arthur is about to
flatten them.
42. "Forty-Two."
--
zaphy
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32537 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 15:27 |
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zaphy wrote:
> On Mon, 09 May 2005 19:10:42 +1200, Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net>
> unleashed:
>
>
>>On 9/05/2005 6:35 p.m. docdude316 hammered the electrons into submission:
>>
>>>Dave Adalian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>Make a list folks !
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1. Dolphin footage.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>5. Marvin.
>>>>>
>>>>>6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>>>>>
>>>>>7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>>>>>
>>>>>8. The build-up to the above.
>>>>>
>>>>>9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>>>>>
>>>>>10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
>>>>
>>>>12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
>>>>
>>>>13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
>>>>Should win awards.
>>>>
>>>>14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
>>>>that's might be John's "build-up".)
>>>>
>>>>15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to
>>>>Uluru, which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The
>>>>screaming stops. "Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And
>>>>they go zipping laterally out of frame.
>>>>
>>>>16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the
>>>>chaos before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his
>>>>looks.)
>>>>
>>>>17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
>>>>
>>>>18. The sheep panicking.
>>>>
>>>>19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent,
>>>>which I've always wondered about... Um..."
>>>>
>>>>20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
>>>>
>>>>21. Slapsticks.
>>>
>>>
>>>22. Zaphod trying to fly the RV.
>>>
>>>23. Ford's face during the poetry reading
>>>
>>>24. Ford, Zaphod and Arthur filling out the paper work on Vogsphere
>>>
>>>25. "It won't work on me I'm already a woman"
>>>
>>>26. The whale
>>>
>>>27. Eddie
>>>
>>>28. The signature on Earth's demolition form
>>>
>>>29. The design of Vogsphere
>>>
>>>30. The interior of the HoG
>>>
>>>31. The doors sighing
>>>
>>>32. All of the guide entries
>>>
>>>33. Arthur's reaction to the Babelfish.
>>
>>34. He's got a towel! Arrrggghhh!
>>
>>35. He's bolted it - we'll have to go 'round!
>>
>>36. String vomit
>>
>>37. Petals.
>
>
> 38. The Vogon waiting for the bus - "you're supposed to stop!"
>
> 39. "What are cows?"
>
> 40. The Islington flat party scene.
>
> 41. The mice scene - especially "oh bollocks" as Arthur is about to
> flatten them.
>
> 42. "Forty-Two."
>
>
Two needless and shallow favourite bits:
43. Zaphod's crotch in tight gold pants.
44. Trillian in the shower.
I also liked Zaphod inviting Trillian out into space and Arthur's like
"I'm British. I know how to queue."
-Nancy.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32546 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 16:24 |
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"nacey" <nacey [at] nospam.iinet.net.au> wrote in message
news:4280b6bd$0$3912$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> Two needless and shallow favourite bits:
>
> 43. Zaphod's crotch in tight gold pants.
>
> 44. Trillian in the shower.
Two more:
45. Trillian in those blue shorts = which were supposedly Zaphod's.
46. Triilian in the white outfit she had the rest of the time. Rowr.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32550 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 16:46 |
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"John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 09/05/2005 07:35, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms
> of unreason and docdude316 spewed up:
>
>> Dave Adalian wrote:
>>
>>> "John Coxon" <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:3e88j8F1ne3eU7 [at] individual.net...
>>>
>>>>> Make a list folks !
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Dolphin footage.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Arthur and Ford as sofas.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Crew as knitted toy thingies.
>>>>>
>>>>> 4. Magrathea workshop scene.
>>>>
>>>> 5. Marvin.
>>>>
>>>> 6. Ford with a shopping trolley (cracked me up).
>>>>
>>>> 7. The Earth's wonderfully anti-climatic sound effect.
>>>>
>>>> 8. The build-up to the above.
>>>>
>>>> 9. The cool Guide entry in the credits.
>>>>
>>>> 10. The references to the books - "Ix! Err, I mean, Ford."
>>>
>>> 11. "So that's Humma Kavula! I thought he was just swearing."
>>>
>>> 12. DNA's nose as the primary design element of the temple.
>>>
>>> 13. Ford's two very gratuitous but subtle uses of the word "b*lgium."
>>> Should win awards.
>>>
>>> 14. The ridiculously long pull-back shot of the Vogon ship. (I guess
>>> that's might be John's "build-up".)
>>>
>>> 15. Arthur and Slartibartfast drop screaming out of the sky next to
>>> Uluru, which a workman, Frank, is busily painting orange. The screaming
>>> stops. "Oh-et Frank!" Frank waves. "Th-that's Frank." And they go
>>> zipping laterally out of frame.
>>>
>>> 16. The old woman (DNA's mother) calmly reading her paper in the chaos
>>> before the Earth is destroyed. (Now we know where DNA got his looks.)
>>>
>>> 17. The folks in the bar lying down with paper bags over their heads.
>>>
>>> 18. The sheep panicking.
>>>
>>> 19. "So, you're not from Gilford... which would explain the accent,
>>> which I've always wondered about... Um..."
>>>
>>> 20. "Think Deep" and "I (heart) D.T." T-shirts.
>>>
>>> 21. Slapsticks.
>>
>> 22. Zaphod trying to fly the RV.
>>
>> 23. Ford's face during the poetry reading
>>
>> 24. Ford, Zaphod and Arthur filling out the paper work on Vogsphere
>>
>> 25. "It won't work on me I'm already a woman"
>>
>> 26. The whale
>>
>> 27. Eddie
>>
>> 28. The signature on Earth's demolition form
>>
>> 29. The design of Vogsphere
>>
>> 30. The interior of the HoG
>>
>> 31. The doors sighing
>>
>> 32. All of the guide entries
>>
>> 33. Arthur's reaction to the Babelfish.
>
> 34. Ford actually using his towel.
>
> 35. Ford trying to say hello to an intelligent lifeform (the car).
>
> 36. A-choo! Bless you.
>
> 37. The white cliffs of Dover.
>
> 38. Some of the custom planets.
>
40. Vogons stopped by Two and Half foot high white picket fence
(because the gate had been closed from the inside).
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32577 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 21:32 |
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The barman keeping the change from a £20 note, not a fiver - that's
infaltion! :0)
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32586 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 22:04 |
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"Jonathan Baddeley" <jonathan.baddeley [at] tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The barman keeping the change from a £20 note, not a fiver - that's
> infaltion! :0)
>
I was sure it was £50 - now *that's* inflation
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32593 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 23:01 |
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Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Pink Freud
spoke forth:
>
>"Jonathan Baddeley" <jonathan.baddeley [at] tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:42810c3f$1_1 [at] mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> The barman keeping the change from a £20 note, not a fiver - that's
>> infaltion! :0)
>>
>I was sure it was £50 - now *that's* inflation
>
It was a £50 note and the sad thing is, if you tried to pay with a £50
note in an English pub, they probably wouldn't accept it!
--
D.
"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32597 ] |
Di, 10 Mai 2005 23:50 |
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"Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote
>
> I liked it because it was zany and involved alcohol (I'm easily pleased).
How is pushing a shopping trolley zany ?
The alcohol bit stopped it being credible. Ford goes to some effort to get a
lot of beer and then gives it away very easily and takes Arthur to a pub
only to order three pints.
> Plus, it is the sort of thing Ford *would* do.
True enough - except I think he'd have tried to take it with him rather than
leave it behind.
Steve M
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32598 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 00:52 |
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"Steve Marshall" <sdm [at] atmosBlockA.plus.com> wrote in message
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> "Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote
>
>>
>> I liked it because it was zany and involved alcohol (I'm easily pleased).
>
> How is pushing a shopping trolley zany ?
Well, ok, not zany, but just Ford-esque.
> The alcohol bit stopped it being credible. Ford goes to some effort to get
> a
> lot of beer and then gives it away very easily and takes Arthur to a pub
> only to order three pints.
It makes perfect sense to me. Ford needs them to drink beer (muscle
relaxant) while he explains to Arthur in private (eg in Arthur's house) that
they have serious problems.
He goes to Arthur's house to find him (thinking him in the house - he even
goes to the door before Arthur calls him). When he chats to Arthur he
realises Arthur isn't going anywhere as he's too worried about his house, so
Ford isn't going to be able to talk to him in private.
So, he uses the beer to distract the workmen to reassure Arthur that his
house his safe. Now he's managed to get Arthur away to speak to him, he
still needs alcohol and a quiet place to chat.
So they go to the pub.
>
>
>> Plus, it is the sort of thing Ford *would* do.
>
> True enough - except I think he'd have tried to take it with him rather
> than
> leave it behind.
See above.
>
>
> Steve M
>
>
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32602 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 03:51 |
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"JHN" <qwerty [at] sport.rr.com> wrote in message
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> 40. Vogons stopped by Two and Half foot high white picket fence
> (because the gate had been closed from the inside).
Like Ford said - they're not actually evil, they just like to do things by
the book.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #32603 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 03:53 |
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"Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> It was a £50 note and the sad thing is, if you tried to pay with a £50
> note in an English pub, they probably wouldn't accept it!
Because they'd think it was a fake?
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33262 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 10:43 |
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Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Neil
Gerace spoke forth:
>"Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>news:b88281t7s513abhg3sup5cbm4e876lnvp8 [at] 4ax.com...
>> It was a £50 note and the sad thing is, if you tried to pay with a £50
>> note in an English pub, they probably wouldn't accept it!
>
>Because they'd think it was a fake?
>
Yep.
--
D.
"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33276 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 20:26 |
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Steve Marshall wrote:
> "Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote
>
>
>>I liked it because it was zany and involved alcohol (I'm easily pleased).
>
>
> How is pushing a shopping trolley zany ?
That all depends on what your opinion of *normal* is...
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33277 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 20:28 |
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Jonathan Baddeley wrote:
> The barman keeping the change from a £20 note, not a fiver - that's
> infaltion! :0)
LOL, it sure is...By the time I saw the film, it had become a fifty....
Remember, fifties are red, twenties are purple....Although, how I
remember that I'll never know....I don't see enough of either....
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33278 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 20:34 |
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Gusty wrote:
> Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Neil
> Gerace spoke forth:
>
>
>>"Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>>news:b88281t7s513abhg3sup5cbm4e876lnvp8 [at] 4ax.com...
>>
>>>It was a £50 note and the sad thing is, if you tried to pay with a £50
>>>note in an English pub, they probably wouldn't accept it!
>>
>>Because they'd think it was a fake?
>>
>
> Yep.
>
In addition to this, there's another reason I've been told about....It
may be an urban myth, and I can't prove it either way, because I don't
posess £50, let alone a single note of that value....
Anyway, apparently, the £50 note doesn't have the words "I promise to
pay the bearer on demand £50 sterling." printed on it anywhere....
All other Bank of England banknotes have this printed on them somewhere
(with the amount altered to match the note)....
So the theory I was told goes thus....Because a fifty doesn't have these
words printed on it, it's not actually legal tender, and is therefore
refused in certain establishments....
I personally find this hard to believe....I'm certain it must be an
urban myth.....
After all, why would the Bank of England go to the trouble and expense
of printing up millions of banknotes, then declare them all worthless?....
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33285 ] |
Mi, 11 Mai 2005 22:37 |
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> I was sure it was £50 - now *that's* inflation
Oh, yeah, sorry, did'nt recognise it :-)
Jonny5
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33300 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 02:25 |
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"Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote
> It makes perfect sense to me. Ford needs them to drink beer (muscle
> relaxant) while he explains to Arthur in private (eg in Arthur's house)
that
> they have serious problems.
But did know the workers were there ?
I think he would have got the beer for him and Arthur and then he gives it
to the workers which is an utter waste as they are going to be evapourated
pretty soon.
> He goes to Arthur's house to find him (thinking him in the house - he even
> goes to the door before Arthur calls him). When he chats to Arthur he
> realises Arthur isn't going anywhere as he's too worried about his house,
so
> Ford isn't going to be able to talk to him in private.
At which point he gives his beer away. Now if it was his beer he'd want to
get some more to replenish the stuff he'd just given away and he should've
ordered a carry out from the pub.
If he knew Arthur's house was going to be demolished he wouldn't have gone
to knock on the door.
Steve M
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33301 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 02:32 |
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"Fat Sam" <janetandsam [at] beeteeinternet.co.uk> wrote
> Anyway, apparently, the £50 note doesn't have the words "I promise to
> pay the bearer on demand £50 sterling." printed on it anywhere....
>
> All other Bank of England banknotes have this printed on them somewhere
> (with the amount altered to match the note)....
>
> So the theory I was told goes thus....Because a fifty doesn't have these
> words printed on it, it's not actually legal tender, and is therefore
> refused in certain establishments....
>
> I personally find this hard to believe....I'm certain it must be an
> urban myth.....
I think it is.
There were quite a few forgeries about a while ago. People so rarely see £50
notes that they didn't know how to tell a real one from a fake. Because of
the numbers of fakes about it was perhaps more likely to come across a fake
than a real one and not having any way of telling which was which people
started to refuse them.
(If you are a shop and you get caught with a forged note you don't get £50
credit, you lose the £50. A big loss to a small business.)
Steve M
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33313 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 07:35 |
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"Steve Marshall" <sdm [at] atmosBlockA.plus.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam [at] beeteeinternet.co.uk> wrote
>
>> Anyway, apparently, the £50 note doesn't have the words "I promise to
>> pay the bearer on demand £50 sterling." printed on it anywhere....
>>
>> All other Bank of England banknotes have this printed on them somewhere
>> (with the amount altered to match the note)....
>>
>> So the theory I was told goes thus....Because a fifty doesn't have these
>> words printed on it, it's not actually legal tender, and is therefore
>> refused in certain establishments....
>>
>> I personally find this hard to believe....I'm certain it must be an
>> urban myth.....
>
> I think it is.
>
> There were quite a few forgeries about a while ago. People so rarely see
> £50
> notes that they didn't know how to tell a real one from a fake. Because
> of
> the numbers of fakes about it was perhaps more likely to come across a
> fake
> than a real one and not having any way of telling which was which people
> started to refuse them.
> (If you are a shop and you get caught with a forged note you don't get £50
> credit, you lose the £50. A big loss to a small business.)
>
Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that* somewhere.
They *are* legal tender, after all.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33314 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 07:35 |
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"Steve Marshall" <sdm [at] atmosBlockA.plus.com> wrote in message
news:4282a1da$0$38719$ed2619ec [at] ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>
> "Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote
>
>> It makes perfect sense to me. Ford needs them to drink beer (muscle
>> relaxant) while he explains to Arthur in private (eg in Arthur's house)
> that
>> they have serious problems.
>
> But did know the workers were there ?
> I think he would have got the beer for him and Arthur
Agree.
> and then he gives it
> to the workers which is an utter waste
No - it gets Arthur away from the house so Ford can talk to him.
> as they are going to be evapourated
> pretty soon.
>
>> He goes to Arthur's house to find him (thinking him in the house - he
>> even
>> goes to the door before Arthur calls him). When he chats to Arthur he
>> realises Arthur isn't going anywhere as he's too worried about his house,
> so
>> Ford isn't going to be able to talk to him in private.
>
> At which point he gives his beer away. Now if it was his beer he'd want to
> get some more to replenish the stuff he'd just given away and he should've
> ordered a carry out from the pub.
Maybe he didn't want to take it all with him. Maybe he just wanted to drink
a shed load before the destruction of earth. Maybe the pub doesn't do carry
outs.
>
> If he knew Arthur's house was going to be demolished he wouldn't have gone
> to knock on the door.
>
He didn't know Arthur's house was going to be demolished.
I think you are trying to read too much into what is essentially a throwaway
joke - how zany and alcoholic Ford Prefect is.
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #33315 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 07:52 |
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"Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote in message
news:d5upv6$poi$1 [at] nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that*
> somewhere. They *are* legal tender, after all.
It occurs to me that 50 quid doesn't go very far in a London pub. Why should
they be so rare in them?
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #34023 ] |
Do, 12 Mai 2005 23:10 |
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On 12/05/2005 06:52, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Neil Gerace spewed up:
> "Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote in message
> news:d5upv6$poi$1 [at] nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>
>>Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that*
>>somewhere. They *are* legal tender, after all.
>
> It occurs to me that 50 quid doesn't go very far in a London pub. Why should
> they be so rare in them?
I have handled thousands of pounds before, and I ain't ever seen one.
They're rare because they're so rarely accepted.
--
John Coxon
A day for firm decisions!!! Or is it?
Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #35628 ] |
Fr, 13 Mai 2005 22:09 |
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"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> "Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote in message
> news:d5upv6$poi$1 [at] nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>
>> Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that*
>> somewhere. They *are* legal tender, after all.
>
> It occurs to me that 50 quid doesn't go very far in a London pub.
-- How much do you pay for your pints?
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #35634 ] |
Fr, 13 Mai 2005 23:26 |
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On Thu, 12 May 2005 22:10:40 +0100, John Coxon
<rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 12/05/2005 06:52, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
>unreason and Neil Gerace spewed up:
>
>> "Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote in message
>> news:d5upv6$poi$1 [at] nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>
>>>Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that*
>>>somewhere. They *are* legal tender, after all.
>>
>> It occurs to me that 50 quid doesn't go very far in a London pub. Why should
>> they be so rare in them?
>
>I have handled thousands of pounds before, and I ain't ever seen one.
>They're rare because they're so rarely accepted.
I once had two in my possession at the same time. I can't remember
why, something about getting money from the bank and they only had
fifties.
They're really big, in relation to the sizes of other notes. Didn't
fit in my wallet.
Lloyd
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appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #35645 ] |
Sa, 14 Mai 2005 03:20 |
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"R Crouse" <robert.crouse [at] nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:4282ee77$0$16512$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>> "Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote in message
>> news:d5upv6$poi$1 [at] nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>
>>> Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that*
>>> somewhere. They *are* legal tender, after all.
>>
>> It occurs to me that 50 quid doesn't go very far in a London pub.
>
> -- How much do you pay for your pints?
Around $5 - I live in Australia :) (Although it must be said the pub wasn't
in London as such)
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #35690 ] |
Sa, 14 Mai 2005 19:42 |
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R Crouse wrote:
> "Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:4282ee77$0$16512$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>
>>"Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote in message
>>news:d5upv6$poi$1 [at] nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>
>>
>>>Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that*
>>>somewhere. They *are* legal tender, after all.
>>
>>It occurs to me that 50 quid doesn't go very far in a London pub.
>
>
> -- How much do you pay for your pints?
More to the point, how many do you drink?
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #35691 ] |
Sa, 14 Mai 2005 19:43 |
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Neil Gerace wrote:
> "R Crouse" <robert.crouse [at] nospamgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:rQ7he.1306$ce6.1296 [at] newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
>
>>"Neil Gerace" <geracen [at] iinet.net.au> wrote in message
>>news:4282ee77$0$16512$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
>>
>>>"Pink Freud" <wotsayyou [at] here.com> wrote in message
>>>news:d5upv6$poi$1 [at] nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Isn't it illegal to refuse to accept them? I'm sure I read *that*
>>>>somewhere. They *are* legal tender, after all.
>>>
>>>It occurs to me that 50 quid doesn't go very far in a London pub.
>>
>>-- How much do you pay for your pints?
>
>
> Around $5 - I live in Australia :) (Although it must be said the pub wasn't
> in London as such)
>
>
Aaah, an Aussie....Bred for bar work....It's iiiiiiinstict <slaps chest
repeatedly>
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| Re: Good bits in the movie [message #35708 ] |
Sa, 14 Mai 2005 23:50 |
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Neil Gerace wrote:
> "nacey" <nacey [at] nospam.iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:4280b6bd$0$3912$5a62ac22 [at] per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
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>
>
>>Two needless and shallow favourite bits:
>>
>>43. Zaphod's crotch in tight gold pants.
>>
>>44. Trillian in the shower.
>
>
> Two more:
>
> 45. Trillian in those blue shorts = which were supposedly Zaphod's.
>
> 46. Triilian in the white outfit she had the rest of the time. Rowr.
>
>
47. Zaphod trying to work out how to fly Arthurs caravan
48. Zaphod saying "Sorry about your spaceship Earthman"
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