Re: [silk] Fwd: Douglas Adams Dies at 49

["Arsalan Zaidi" <arsalan_zaidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Sun, 13 May 2001, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
>
> Udhay> Oh SHIT! RIP, DNA.

This was sudden! What's going to happen to the HHGTG movie now?

And yes, I think the answers should be kept on list... :-)

> 2. On the cover of the HHGTG, you will find two words which 'would never
be
> found on any similar encyclopaedia' and hence make it far more
purchaseable
> than the Britannica.

Don't Panic

>
> 5. What would you get when you mix
> * 1 1/2 oz. Jack Daniel's Whiskey
> * 1 1/2 oz. Seagram's 7 Crown
> * 4 1/2 oz. Gin
> * 6 oz. Soda Water
> * 1 1/2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
> * 1 1/2 oz. Johnnie Walker Red Label Scotch
> * Dash of Cinnamon
>
> ... shake with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.  Garnish with an
olive.

As soon as I realised that it was some kind of recipe, I immediately though
"Pan-Galactic gargle blaster!" But if I remember, the ingredients were
sightly more exotic...

>
> 6. During a poetry recitation by the poetry master of the Azgoths of Kria
> (Grunthos the Flatulent), four of his audience died of internal
hemorrhaging,
> and the President of the Mid-Galactic Arts Nobbling Council survived by
gnawing
> one of his own legs off.  Now, how did Grunthos die?

His own intestine leapt out and strangled him in a bid to save civilization.
He was going to recite "An ode to a lump of green putty I found in my armpit
one mid-summer eve"...

No I didn't look it up. Yes, I am imsane. :-)

>
> 7. During HHGTG (the 1981 mini TV series), the book was Peter Jones,
Arthur
> Dent was Simon Jones ... and Hotblack deSiato's bodyguard was played by a
> former weightlifting champ who trained Christopher Reeve for his role in
the
> first Superman movie.  Who? [hint: he played someone far more famous, in
> another galaxy, another time - but someone else did the voice for that
> character].
>

Vader... But I don't know his real name.

But if Frank Oz were to shove his hand up *my* ass, know the answer, I
would!

--Arsalan.