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Merkin Started conversation Jul 9, 1999
Looks empty doensn't it. But it's actually full of stuff. Dust, tachyons, gravity wells, and string, lots and lots of string. Sounds strange, but the universe is like that. One day you're waking down the street minding your own business, the next moment your body has been deconstructed at a molecuar level by a hamster in an ice-cream van.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 16, 1999
You should check out the intro to "A Matter of Life and Death" - a wartime film starring David Niven...
It starts off "This is Space - Big, isn't it...?" and goes on from there. I'm sure Douglas Adams was influenced by that intro in the style of some of the original "Guide" entries... 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 17, 1999
Nope. David Niven is a pilot going down with his plane. The angel sent to take his soul away misses him in the fog, he meets up with a girl and falls in love. There is a trial in "Heaven" to see whether he is allowed to stay with her. Many excellent set pieces, including the escalator to heaven...
Synchronicity!
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 24, 1999
Well, if you live in the UK, and read this in time, you can watch (or tape - it's very good!) "A Matter Of Life and Death" on BBC2, Saturday September 25th from 12:40pm to 2:20pm. If you read this in time, I urge you to make the effort!
Synchronicity!
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 25, 1999
I just finished watching it again - excellent!
btw, I got the quote wrong - it actually starts with "This is the Universe - Big, isn't it."
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- 1: Merkin (Jul 9, 1999)
- 2: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 16, 1999)
- 3: Merkin (Sep 17, 1999)
- 4: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 17, 1999)
- 5: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 24, 1999)
- 6: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 25, 1999)
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