Appreciation of Douglas Adams

6 comments

1. I visited Sylvia Plath’s grave recently, lots of pens left there, too.

2. So, for anyone who’s wondering why people are leaving ballpoint pens at Adams’ grave – it’s a reference to this part of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series:

   “Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, along with all the planets inhabited by humanoids, reptiloids, fishoids, walking treeoids and superintelligent shades of the color blue, there was also a planet entirely given over to ballpoint life forms. And it was to this planet that unattended ballpoints would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely ballpointoid lifestyle, responding to highly ballpoint-oriented stimuli, and generally leading the ballpoint equivalent of the good life.”

   Essentially the idea is that the pens left are awaiting their journey to this planet.

3. Open up visiting Bob Hoskins grave damnit

4. There lies a frood who knew where his towel was

5. I’d leave a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick.

   Probs go with painted cardboard than actual gold. Douglas would understand.

6. He thought digital watches were annoying. What would he think of smartphones?
   23 years. I didn’t realise it was so long.