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Det var bare seks mennesker i galaksen som visste at presidentens jobb ikke var å utøve makt, men å fjerne oppmerksomheten fra den.

"Jeg nekter å bevise at jeg eksisterer" sier Gud, "for bevis benekter tro, og uten tro er jeg ingenting". "Men", sier mennesket, "babelfisken kunne aldri oppstått ved en tilfeldighet. Den beviser at du eksisterer, hvilket igjen skulle bevise - i følge din egen argumentasjon - at du ikke eksisterer. QED." "Huff da", sier Gud, "det hadde jeg ikke tenkt på," og så forsvinner han i en sky av logikk.

If you’d call it a robot, muttered Arthur. It’s more a sort of electronic sulking machine.

Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans

Look at me: I design coastlines. I got an award for Norway. Where's the sense in that? None that I've been able to make out. I've been doing fjords all my life. For a fleeting moment they become fashionable, and I get a major award.

"That's it," said Zaphod with the sort of grin that would get most people locked away in a room with soft walls.

"Do you want me to kick you?" said Ford.
"Would it give you a lot of pleasure?" said Zaphod, blearily.
"No."
"Nor me. So what's the point? Stop bugging me."
Zaphod curled himself up.

Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying,
"Blood... blood... blood... blood"

DON'T PANIC.

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.