Careful! You might start a war against a distant galaxy!
Context quote from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Narrator: It is, of course, well known that careless talk costs lives. But the full scale of the problem is not always appreciated.
For instance, at the very moment that Arthur Dent said, "I wouldn’t want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel, " a freak wormhole opened up in the fabric of the space-time continuum and carried his words far, far back in time, across almost infinite reaches of space, to a distant galaxy where strange and warlike beings were poised on the brink of frightful interstellar battle.
The two opposing leaders, resplendent in their black-jewelled battle shorts were meeting for the last time, when a dreadful silence fell. And at that very moment, the words “I wouldn’t want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel” drifted across the conference table.
Unfortunately, in their native tongue, this was the most appalling insult imaginable. So the opposing battle fleets decided to settle their remaining differences, in order to launch a joint attack on our galaxy, now positively identified as the source of the offending remark.
For thousands of years, the mighty starships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming onto the planet Earth, where, due to a terrible miscalculation of scale, the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog.
Those who study the complex interplay of cause and effect in the history of the universe say that this sort of thing is going on all the time
So… you’re one of those who quotes HGttG for everything, huh? Even if it’s only vaguely relevant, even if that means going on a 5-minute monologue, even if nobody asked for that?
I mean, only when the association pops up in my ADHD-addled mind, but yes, I DO sometimes indulge the impulse even when the connection wouldn’t be immediately obvious to anyone else, because why not? 😁
And I’m sure you’re a swell guy/gal/other as well 🫶😁
PS: I broke the quote into more easily digestible paragraphs so you don’t get a daunting wall of text the moment you expand the spoiler 😁
Modern carbonated beverages do not use soda, and they haven’t since the 1800s.
“Pop” is from the sound you get when opening a bottle.
I’d say one is much more applicable than the other.
It’s not champagne. I’d probably be ok with calling it “fizz” or something though.
I don’t know the onomatopoeia for opening a can, but I wouldn’t call that a “pop” either.
As a can drinker, that’s the reason I call them “Crrrsppppclick glug glug glug”.
Careful! You might start a war against a distant galaxy!
Context quote from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
For instance, at the very moment that Arthur Dent said, "I wouldn’t want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel, " a freak wormhole opened up in the fabric of the space-time continuum and carried his words far, far back in time, across almost infinite reaches of space, to a distant galaxy where strange and warlike beings were poised on the brink of frightful interstellar battle.
The two opposing leaders, resplendent in their black-jewelled battle shorts were meeting for the last time, when a dreadful silence fell. And at that very moment, the words “I wouldn’t want to go anywhere without my wonderful towel” drifted across the conference table.
Unfortunately, in their native tongue, this was the most appalling insult imaginable. So the opposing battle fleets decided to settle their remaining differences, in order to launch a joint attack on our galaxy, now positively identified as the source of the offending remark.
For thousands of years, the mighty starships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming onto the planet Earth, where, due to a terrible miscalculation of scale, the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog.
Those who study the complex interplay of cause and effect in the history of the universe say that this sort of thing is going on all the time
So… you’re one of those who quotes HGttG for everything, huh? Even if it’s only vaguely relevant, even if that means going on a 5-minute monologue, even if nobody asked for that?
I like you.
I mean, only when the association pops up in my ADHD-addled mind, but yes, I DO sometimes indulge the impulse even when the connection wouldn’t be immediately obvious to anyone else, because why not? 😁
And I’m sure you’re a swell guy/gal/other as well 🫶😁
PS: I broke the quote into more easily digestible paragraphs so you don’t get a daunting wall of text the moment you expand the spoiler 😁