September 27, 2007
My favourite author of all time… Douglas Adams… passed away in 2001… to the detriment of our planet…
In honour of him… I will occasionally throw up a witty quote from the man… and I urge you to read his works…
From Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
“(…) Sir Isaac Newton, renowned inventor of the milled-edge coin and the catflap!”
“The what?” said Richard.
“The catflap! A device of the utmost cunning, perspicuity and invention. It is a door within a door, you see, a …”
“Yes,” said Richard, “there was also the small matter of gravity.”
“Gravity,” said Dirk with a slightly dismissed shrug, “Yes, there was that as well, I suppose. Though that, of course, was merely a discovery. It was there to be discovered…”
“You see?” he said dropping his cigarette butt, “They even keep it on at weekends. Someone was bound to notice sooner or later. But the catflap… ah, there is a very different matter. Invention, pure creative invention. It is a door within a door, you see.”
You can’t write this stuff…
Well he could… obviously… but you can’t…
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