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No tea?

posted 18 years ago by NightBeforeAllSaints
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Here's something I never understood in any incarnation of that wholly remarkable entity, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Ever since Earth had been demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass, the 6 ft. tall ape decendant Arthur Dent just can't get his hands on a nice hot cup of tea, since the rare drink seems to no longer exist in the universe. Why is it that he could never find tea anywhere except on Earth, but brownian motion producers used to power finite improbability drive machines were often cups of tea?

[–] glh42 18 years ago

Perhaps tea, or something nearly quite unlike tea was available and called tea. But Arthur didn't like it, so he spent a lot of time explaining to the Neutri-matics machine the history of tea...

[–] alcockell 16 years ago

... and locked up the Heart of gold's computers into one massive compute-intensive job just during their approach to Magrathea...

And during the attack...

[–] bookwoman53 18 years ago

Great tea only exists on Earth. The Heart of Gold's computer attempted to make a liquid made from processed leaves (an unspecified type)steeped in hot water. Naturally the resulting liquid tasted foul.

[–] the_beast_below 15 years ago

Listen, you stupid machine, it tastes filthy! Take this cup back!

"I hath telekinesis." he answered cruelly.