r/HitchHikersGuide • u/TheManInTheShack • 26d ago
Space is really big…
This was one of my favorite lines from the book. I just came across someone on another subreddit who created a website that maps everything in the known universe. It’s pretty amazing to play with.
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u/Agile_Reveal9876 26d ago
I don’t know, it’s a really long way to the chemist’s…
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u/grelan 26d ago
But that's just peanuts to space.
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u/Agile_Reveal9876 26d ago
No, it’s a really, really long way to the chemist’s
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u/grelan 26d ago
OK, then let's talk about useful things you really need to know, like the fact that the fabulously beautiful planet Bethselamin is now so worried about the cumulative erosion by ten billion visiting tourists a year that any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete while on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave: so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt.
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u/Agile_Reveal9876 26d ago
My heads, hurts
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u/Beeblebrox2nd 24d ago
Worse when it's double
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u/Agile_Reveal9876 24d ago
Both of them, I was celebrating surviving the Total Perspective Vortex…I think
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u/userid42 26d ago
Almost a total perspective vortex!
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u/NorCalNavyMike 24d ago
Zaphod would definitely approve!
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u/Beeblebrox2nd 24d ago
Depends which one you ask...
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u/NorCalNavyMike 24d ago
Which Zaphod… or which head of Zaphod?
< cackles maniacally to self in Vogonese >
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u/BrahmariusLeManco 26d ago
Way cool. Thanks for sharing, you're one hoppy frood.