1. Phone NASA. Their phone number is (713) 483-3111. Explain that it’s very important that you get away as soon as possible.
2. If they do not cooperate, phone any friend you may have in the White House–(202) 456-1414–to have a word on your behalf with the guys at NASA.
3. If you don’t have any friends in the White House, phone the Kremlin (ask the overseas operator for 0107-095-295-9051). They don’t have any friends there either (at least, none to speak of), but they do seem to have a little influence, so you may as well try.
4. If that also fails, phone the Pope for guidance. His telephone number is 011-39-6-6982, and I gather his switchboard is infallible.
5. If all these attempts fail, flag down a passing flying saucer and explain that it’s vitally important you get away before your phone bill arrives.
(Taken from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams)
Days when things were so much simpler. Sigh.
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I wonder if those phone numbers take you into automated circles to nowhere?
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I wondered if those numbers, written decades ago, were unused, but now go to somewhere 😉 As there are no flying saucers I can flag down, I’m not in a hurry to try them out.
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That is awesome. 🙂
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Updated version: pay Elon Musk a million.
Contact the Kreml.
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Ha, that’s so true. I imagine in another 50 years, that excerpt won’t even make any sense.
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btw, did you change you comment settings? I’m not able to comment on your “country is a ghost” review.
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I think you confused this post with someone else’s? 😉
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This made me giggle. Thank you!!!
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you’re welcome!
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Fun excerpt! I loved it!
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I learned from HItchhiker’s Guide to always travel with a towel. And I do. It’s in the trunk of my car.:-)
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I’ve never read this book, but this is hilarious. Good tips.
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A lot of silly stuff in the book, but it’s light and it gets you chuckling too.
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Love, love Hitchhikers’ guide to the Galaxy. If it weren’t for all that red tape, it may be tempting to take a trip away from the planet a while…
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It was mentioned above that I could skip all the above mentioned steps and simply pay Elon Musk for that trip 😉
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Good point (enters hypothetical internal struggle between paying a large sum to Elon Musk and being able to step off the planet a while)… If I could go with Ford Prefect, I’d do it.
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Love it! And I enjoyed that book so many, many years ago. Must revisit. Take care Jina!
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👍
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Hahaha! So many useful lessons in that book 🙂 🙂
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True.
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LOL
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😉
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That was funny, yet I believe all those people/ organizations are quite useless in many things.
When I read the title, I thought this post was going to be about all the ways of how to die. How morbid of me…
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Ha, I suppose their uselessness was pointed out on the last option.
That aside, I thought the excerpt made perfect sense with the global crisis. Haven’t you ever read the book? It’s more silly than not, but it put a smile on my face, so it was totally worth it for me.
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Most definitely!
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ha ha ha, I thought it sounded familiar 🙂
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It’s a silly book, but it makes you smile and chuckle along.
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and most of us need that right now!
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I think this was exactly what I needed to read today.
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I’ve been reading the light and fun lately – keeps me in a good mood. Thanks for the visit and sorry for the late response.
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A very amusing article. Thank you for the smiles, Jina.
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You’re welcome! You never read the book, or listened to the show?
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I have listened to it but that was a very long time ago.
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I haven’t read that book, but I know I should. There are days when I’d like to leave the planet. 🙂
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Ha! Love it! I haven’t thought about The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy for years.
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