Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
Ode to Douglas AdamsIn the solar system we inhabit, we live on a small planet we all call Earth. Okay, when I say small, I mean it__ small compared to say, oh, Jupiter. Earth is something like a dime compared to Jupiter__ beach ball. On this Earth is a fairly large country we all call The United States of America. Of course, when I say fairly large, it__ like the U.S. is a piece of broccoli next to China__ really large cauliflower. Now that I think of it, that may not be a good comparison as it depends on the restaurant you go to. At the place I was at last night it would be a good comparison as the cauliflower was larger than the broccoli. Not that I__ touch either. I had a hamburger with fries and somebody at the next table had those ghastly vegetables.From the Preface to "Sex and the American Male." I was saddened by the passing of Douglas Adams and wrote the preface to sound a little like his "Hitchhiker's..." books and to honor him. I hope he's smiling.
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Ode to Douglas AdamsIn the solar system we inhabit, we live on a small planet we all call Earth. Okay, when I say small, I mean it__ small compared to say, oh, Jupiter. Earth is something like a dime compared to Jupiter__ beach ball. On this Earth is a fairly large country we all call The United States of America. Of course, when I say fairly large, it__ like the U.S. is a piece of broccoli next to China__ really large cauliflower. Now that I think of it, that may not be a good comparison as it depends on the restaurant you go to. At the place I was at last night it would be a good comparison as the cauliflower was larger than the broccoli. Not that I__ touch either. I had a hamburger with fries and somebody at the next table had those ghastly vegetables.From the Preface to "Sex and the American Male." I was saddened by the passing of Douglas Adams and wrote the preface to sound a little like his "Hitchhiker's..." books and to honor him. I hope he's smiling.
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