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Life C the Universe and Everything 8Adams 9

 

This is another example of the fact that The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy will employ anybody who wants to walk straight in off the street and get ripped off, especially if they happen to walk in off the street during the afternoon, when very few of the regular staff are there.... He [founding editor of the Hitchhiker's Guide, Hurling Frootmig] also started to develop and explore the role of the editorial lunch-break which was subsequently to play such a crucial part in the Guide's history, since it meant that most of the actual work got done by any passing stranger who happened to wander into the empty offices on an afternoon and saw something worth doing.
-- Douglas Adams. Life, the Universe and Everything
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