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P. Reay's avatar

Also apropos (correct usage?): “The President in particular is very much a figurehead — he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. On those criteria Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the most successful Presidents the Galaxy has ever had — he has already spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.”

― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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Bootsorourke's avatar

Nicely done

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Pi Guy's avatar

"We'll meet the meat."

- Also Douglas Adams as voiced by Zaphod, Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

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P. Reay's avatar

LOL - I forgot that image. Time to re-read them. I can't even remember the name of the Paranoid Android who waited for them there.

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