Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.
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Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature
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“A computer chatted to itself in alarm as it noticed an airlock open and close itself for no apparent reason. This was because Reason was in fact out to lunch.” Douglas Adams
Personification, Technology, Humor, Reason, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Personification, Technology, Humor, Reason, Absurdity“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?” Douglas Adams
Humor, Frustration, Madness, Time-saving, Sarcasm
Douglas Adams Humor, Frustration, Madness, Time-saving, Sarcasm“Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader's Digest. They've got a page for people like you.” Douglas Adams
Sarcasm, Humor, Criticism, Writing, Popular Culture
Douglas Adams Sarcasm, Humor, Criticism, Writing, Popular Culture“2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.” Douglas Adams
Religion, Kindness, History, Cynicism, Social Commentary
Douglas Adams Religion, Kindness, History, Cynicism, Social Commentary“Here's what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms.” Douglas Adams
Alcohol, Humor, Science Fiction, Definition, Intoxication
Douglas Adams Alcohol, Humor, Science Fiction, Definition, Intoxication“For the next two weeks I took up playing in the traffic, being careless with kitchen knives, and neglecting to stand clear of the doors on station platforms, but, sadly, I led a charmed life, and I had to go through with it: four weeks of the greatest humiliation and embarrassment known to man or, rather, to that most easily humiliated and embarrassed of all creatures, the overgrown twelve-year-old boy.” Douglas Adams
Adolescence, Embarrassment, Humor, Fate, Recklessness
Douglas Adams Adolescence, Embarrassment, Humor, Fate, Recklessness“Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools
Douglas Adams Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools“We are now cruising at a level of two to the power of twenty-five thousand to one against and falling, and we will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway.” Douglas Adams
Probability, Normality, Humor, Space Travel, Uncertainty
Douglas Adams Probability, Normality, Humor, Space Travel, Uncertainty“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Humor, Definition, Progress, Cynicism
Douglas Adams Technology, Humor, Definition, Progress, Cynicism“Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.” Douglas Adams
Adventure, Preparedness, Humor, Science Fiction, Character
Douglas Adams Adventure, Preparedness, Humor, Science Fiction, Character“This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world.” Douglas Adams
Praise, Humor, Exaggeration, Metaphor, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Praise, Humor, Exaggeration, Metaphor, Absurdity“Stanley wasn't a good downpour. Nothing wrong with a good downpour for clearing the air. Stanley was the sort of thing you needed a good downpour to clear the air of. Stanley was muggy, close, and oppressive, like someone large and sweaty pressed up against you in a tube train. Stanley didn't rain, but every so often he dribbled on you. Dirk.” Douglas Adams
Weather, Personification, Humor, Description, Discomfort
Douglas Adams Weather, Personification, Humor, Description, Discomfort“There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a cause, even if it's one you only narrate to yourself years after the event: a tiny thing, a wrong word, a false note, which means that things can never be quite the same again.” Douglas Adams
Love, Disillusionment, Relationships, Change, Perception
Douglas Adams Love, Disillusionment, Relationships, Change, Perception“The socially correct way of pouring tea is to put the milk in after the tea. Social correctness has traditionally had nothing whatever to do with reason, logic, or physics. In fact, in England it is generally considered socially incorrect to know stuff or think about things. It's worth bearing this in mind when visiting.” Douglas Adams
Social Norms, Tea, England, Humor, Knowledge
Douglas Adams Social Norms, Tea, England, Humor, Knowledge“I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Challenges, Persistence, Self-improvement, Creativity
Douglas Adams Writing, Challenges, Persistence, Self-improvement, Creativity“To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.” Douglas Adams
People, Problems, Summary, Humor, Cynicism
Douglas Adams People, Problems, Summary, Humor, Cynicism“This Introduction to the Introduction to the New Edition is a highly significant one in the history of Introductions. Its presence on these pages means that this book has achieved the World Record for the Number of Introductions in a Book of This Nature.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Writing, Books, Records, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Humor, Writing, Books, Records, Absurdity“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.” Douglas Adams
Physics, Humor, Information, Bad News, Speed
Douglas Adams Physics, Humor, Information, Bad News, Speed