Tuesday, September 9, 2008

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Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy.

This is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council. As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require building of a hyperspatial express route through your system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for destruction. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes. Thank you.

Oh, there’s no point acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years. You’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint, and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh, but you left out the best part:

"Bypasses are devices which allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast, whilst other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there; and, what's so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get THERE. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they want to be."

-The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
(from the original BBC Radiophonic Workshop broadcast)