rcgood@watnot.UUCP (Rob Good) (11/24/86)
In article <346@killer.UUCP> fmayhar@killer.UUCP (Frank Mayhar) writes: >In article <2555@udenva.UUCP>, showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard) writes: >> In article <12208@watnot.UUCP> rcgood@watnot.UUCP (Rob Good) writes: >> > Who won the award for the most gratuitous use of the word 'fuck' >> > in a serious screen play? >> Wasn't it for the most gratuitous uses of the word "Belgium?" > >Depends on whether you're referring to the British or the American version of >the book. In Britain, the word was "fuck," in the US the word was "Belgium." >For no apparent reason. (At least, it's not apparent to me :-).) British, of course. qnx...
marcus@ihlpl.UUCP (Hall) (11/25/86)
In article <12208@watnot.UUCP> rcgood@watnot.UUCP (Rob Good) writes: >This should be a simple trivia question for the Hitchhikers out there. > >The question is: > > Who won the award for the most gratuitous use of the word 'fuck' > in a serious screen play? In article <2555@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard) writes: ] ] Wasn't it for the most gratuitous uses of the word "Belgium?" In article <8678MIQ@PSUVMA> MIQ@PSUVMA.BITNET (James D. Maloy) writes: } That's easy. Nobody did! } } Now for another question. Who won the award for the most gratuitous }use of the word "Belgium" in a serious screenplay? It seems that both of you have fallen into the trap! The English and the American copies of _Life, the Universe, and Everything_ differ on this point. The American publisher made Douglas Adams remove the word 'fuck' from the book and so this version is slightly longer because he has to explain why he is picking on Belgium. Unfortunately, I don't have my copy handy, nor do I have the text burned into my brain, but I do know where my towel is. Marcus Hall ..!ihnp4!ihlpl!marcus
spr@miro.Berkeley.EDU (Sean "Yoda" Rouse) (11/25/86)
In article <2555@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard) writes: >In article <12208@watnot.UUCP> rcgood@watnot.UUCP (Rob Good) writes: >>This should be a simple trivia question for the Hitchhikers out there. >> >>The question is: >> >> Who won the award for the most gratuitous use of the word 'fuck' >> in a serious screen play? > > Wasn't it for the most gratuitous uses of the word "Belgium?" > > Not if you read the British trade paper back. If you did, Arthur Dent was a jerk and a complete asshole instead of a "knee-biter". I can't remember the guy's name though. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "If you can imagine it, it exists somewhere" Sean "Yoda" Rouse: Follower of the Reverend Mother K'aa thi 'li ARPA: spr@miro.berkeley.edu UUCP: ucbvax!miro!spr USnail: 2299 Piedmont Ave #315, Berkeley, Ca 94720 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
tim@reed.UUCP (Tim Flanagan) (11/25/86)
In article <2555@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard) writes: >In article <12208@watnot.UUCP> rcgood@watnot.UUCP (Rob Good) writes: >>This should be a simple trivia question for the Hitchhikers out there. >> >>The question is: >> >> Who won the award for the most gratuitous use of the word 'fuck' >> in a serious screen play? > > Wasn't it for the most gratuitous uses of the word "Belgium?" This depends on which version you read. The British version of Life, The Universe, and Everything says "fuck", and the American version says "Belgium". Does anyone know the reason for this discrepency? I find Belgium much more creative, and the word "fuck" is mundanely unoriginal. Any comments? -- Timothy R. Flanagan Gillian: "You're from outer space!" Kirk: "No, I'm from Iowa -- I only work in outer space." --STIV:TVH
willisr@pyr1.Cs.Ucl.ac.uk (11/26/86)
Here in England (that little iddy biddy island just off the coast of Europe), there exist several concurrent versions of HHGG on different media. Some of these contradict each other in various ways. With this in mind, I remember hearing a radio series (part of) about 2 yr ago of HHGG which has not appeared in any of the 4 books. The particular episode to which I am referring consists of this bird-inhabited planet on the surface of which is a 13-mile high statue of Arthur Dent throwing a teacup at the Nutrimatics drink synthesiser. The teacup is suspended 'by art' ~13 miles off the ground. As far as I remember, for some reason Zaphod is about to fall off the statue and says 'Belgium man, Belgium." The narrator explained that Belgium was the worst obscenity known to civilisation and is only used by loose:tongued people like Z.B. (It was also used on a small land-mass on Earth where the inhabitabnts didn't know what it meant.) In the version of LTUAE what I read, the guy at the flying party won the award for the most gratuitous use of the word F%$#. The word belgium does not appear at all in any of the 4 books. The main point to remember is that the books and radio series are not consistent to the point of consistency.