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Win a Part in the Hitchhiker's Guide

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sign-me-up dept.

jweatherley writes "The BBC are offering someone the chance to win a part in the forthcoming Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. You just have to send them a picture of somewhere on Earth that deserves to be spared from the Vogons by 25 June - oh and be British!" Python impressions don't count ;)

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  1. Some quotes, perhaps? by strictnein · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yes... might as well start with some nice quotes from the book:

    "Drink up."

    He added, perfectly factually:

    "The world's about to end."

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    "You barbarians!" he yelled. "I'll sue the council for every
    penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And
    whipped! And boiled ... until ... until ... until you've had
    enough."

    Ford was running after him very fast. Very very fast.

    "And then I'll do it again!" yelled Arthur. "And when I've
    finished I will take all the little bits, and I will jump on
    them!"

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    1. Re:Some quotes, perhaps? by David+Gould · · Score: 4, Funny


      send them a picture of somewhere on Earth that deserves to be spared from the Vogons

      "Go ahead, if it makes you feel better."

      "Will it do any good?"

      "No."

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    2. Re:Some quotes, perhaps? by EvanED · · Score: 4, Funny

      "But Mr. Dent, the plans have been on available at the local planning office for the last nine months."
      "Oh yes, well, as soon as I heard I went straight round to see them, yesterday afternoon. You had'nt exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them, had you? I mean, like actually telling anybody or anything."
      "But the plans were on display..."
      "On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."
      "That's the display department."
      "With a flashlight."
      "Ah, well, the lights had probably gone."
      "So had the stairs."
      "But look, you found the notice, didn't you?"
      "Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It were on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the doory saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'"

      Why do I get the feeling it will be possible to reconstruct the entire book from this thread?

  2. Cool, I have my towel and everything! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they are giving away free Babelfish I am so there.

  3. I love HGTG by stev3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You know, it's at times like this when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young!" "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen."

  4. Don't spare THOSE places! by Shoeler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of asking places to be spared, can we ask for places to be obliterated?

    I won't say which places, of course. I'll be nice. (unless you ask nicely)

    1. Re:Don't spare THOSE places! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Instead of asking places to be spared, can we ask for places to be obliterated?
      You are American, right?

  5. Damnit by mphase · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm usually on the other end of this and now I know how much it sucks. I can't partake because I'm American, arg...I mean bloody hell mate I'm as British as apple pi...umm bangers and mash.

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    1. Re:Damnit by falcon5768 · · Score: 4, Funny

      speaking of which, what on gods holy earth IS bangers and mash!!!!!

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    2. Re:Damnit by mopslik · · Score: 5, Funny

      as British as apple pi

      Isn't that a highly irrational comment?

    3. Re:Damnit by NoNeeeed · · Score: 4, Informative

      Bangers : Slang for sausages. Presumably because they split when you cook them (if you forget to prick them first). These are not the same a weiners, or hotdogs which tend to be made from much more highly processed 'meat'. British sausages are not smoked, or kept in jars of brine, and are normally burnt to a cinder.

      Mash : Mashed potatos.

      So, bangers and mash is sausages and mashed potatos.

      Mmmmmmmmmm. I suddenly feel very hungry... :->

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  6. Terry Gilliam by fudgefactor7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Gilliam wasn't a Brit, and he was a Python, and they adored him. But he was *in* Britain, so maybe there's luck that an emigrated Yank could score a roll... Here's hoping, at any rate.

    1. Re:Terry Gilliam by NoData · · Score: 5, Funny

      so maybe there's luck that an emigrated Yank could score a roll... Here's hoping, at any rate.

      Maybe you've just got to have a real hunger for it...

      (where's -1: Groan, right?)

  7. Doesn't seem right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do Perl impressions count?

  8. Thanks /. ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    June 25 is in 3 hours in Britain. Timely.

  9. Re:The Book by strictnein · · Score: 4, Informative

    and yes... I am an idiot for not linking to it

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  10. A picture to send by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps you have a picture of an animal in its natural habitat that blows you away

    goatse comes into mind for some reason...

  11. Re:whoohoo by sydb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where does this idea come from? I mean, OK, I'm British and my teeth are a shambles, but I'm only a single data point.

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  12. Amazing.... by Mz6 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's amazing that simply linking to the article gets you higher moderation rather than a paste of hte link. I guess we really ARE lazy.

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  13. Brittain by fishybell · · Score: 4, Funny
    That's it. This is the last straw!

    I've been complaining for a long time, but now I'm finally leaving.

    Slashdot is way too U.K.-centric. Where's my news about America (land of the free, home of the brave)? I'm sick and tired of all this "Metres this" and "Stones that" crap.

    Give me American, or give me death!

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    1. Re:Brittain by Zaiff+Urgulbunger · · Score: 4, Funny

      ahem... just the one "t". Okay?

    2. Re:Brittain by antic · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't know. Britain seems to be all about tea, and one is never enough.

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  14. Non-Brits, don't lose hope! by Strange_Attractor · · Score: 5, Informative

    In this thread on the article's BBC website, the Responsible Parties strongly hint that they're working on a similar contest open to all.

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  15. If I was british by fullmetal55 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd carve "Slartibartfast" into a glacier, pretend its Norway, and take a picture of it. afterall Slartibartfast won an award for Norway...

  16. Slough by T-Kir · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yep, has to be Slough I'm afraid... (plus The Office is based there).

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  17. Re:Damn by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 4, Funny
    True converstion between me and a MickyD slaes rep. in Pittsburgh, PA

    Me:- One hot tea please.
    MickyD :- One Ice Tea hot
    Me :- (after thinking about what I really heard ) :- No I wan't just Hot tea
    MickyD:- Yeas, One Ice tea hot, that's what I put in.
    Me:- Just how do you make a Ice tea Hot.
    MickyD:- Oh its easy Sir, We just don't use ice and use hot water instead of cold.
    Me:- I'm lovin it.

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  18. Re:whoohoo by hambonewilkins · · Score: 5, Funny
    To be fair, the Brits do get "Hedley and Wyche, the British toothpaste"

    Mike Myers: You Yanks have borrowed a lot of things from us Brits. You like our pubs, and you like our fish and chips. Well, let me let you in on another little secret: Hedley and Wyche, the British toothpaste!
    Phil Hartman: It's the only toothpaste we ever use. One tube lasts for years!
    Kevin Nealon: I've used Hedley and Wyche all my life and I've never had to go to the dentist!
    Chris Farley: And it tastes great on a cracker!
    Mike Myers: What makes brushing with Hedley and Wyche such a pleasure? The mild cleansing agent is combined with two tablespoons of pure cane sugar, for a smile that says, 'Yum, that tastes good.'
    All (singing): Hedley and Wyche, the British toothpaste, it works OK and it tastes real great!
    Narrator: Hedley and Wyche, the British toothpaste, for a smile that says: "Yum, that tastes gooood!"

    On second thought, maybe you have to see the SNL sketch.

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  19. Resident by gwernol · · Score: 4, Informative

    oh and be British

    No, that's not true:

    The competition is open to UK residents only, of 18 years or over. Overseas players are not eligible. You do not have to be a registered member of h2g2 to enter.

    You have to be a resident of the UK. I'm British but not a UK resident, so I can't enter. A Frenchman (say) or an American who lived in London would be eligable. That's several million people who you've just misinformed...

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