h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

He was certainly more grokkable than, for example, T. S. Eliot...



Oh freddled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee.
Groop I implore thee, my foonting turlingdromes.
And hooptitiously drangle me with crinkly bindlewurdles,
Or I will rend thee in the gobberwarts with my blurglecrucheon, see if I don't!

There is more truth to this suggestion than you may yourself believe. I have posted my condolences before, so I merely post my offering for his eulogy, should he join the poets in the Abbey.
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Arthur took it. It was the book of matches which the dead man had dropped. It had the name of the club on it. It had the name of the proprietor of the club on it. It looked like this:

STAVRO MUELLER
BETA
He stared at it for some time as things began slowly to reassemble themselves in his mind. He wondered what he should do, but he only wondered it idly. Around him people were beginning to rush and shout a lot, but it was suddenly very clear to him that there was nothing to be done, not now or ever. Through the new strangeness of noise and light he could just make out the shape of Ford Prefect sitting back and laughing wildly.

A tremendous feeling of peace came over him. He knew that at last, for once and for ever, it was now all, finally, over.

that's a fantastic eulogy...but on his tombstone it should really read one of the following things that have been floating around the various on line memorial circles:

"So long and thanks for all the {books, laughs, etc}"
"The lights went out in his eyes for absolutely the last time ever"
"Douglas Adams died. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

etc etc etc...really though...you're absolutely right about that quote from Mostly Harmless...that was a wonderful scene and completely appropriate.

Ethan
(Bob)