I'm Ford Prefect...Ask me anything!

[dolo amber]

Which HHGTTG character are you?




http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Opry/9992/quiz/quiz.html



You have demonstrated a strong affinity for the character Ford Prefect.

This implies, among other things, that you have a great love of alcohol (if not, a matching tolerance for its affects), a creative mind (although your research skills may be a little lacking) and the extraordinary ability to travel the galaxy on only thirty altarian dollars per day (slightly more if you actually go to Ursa Minor Beta). Loyal to - and protective of - your friends (if not the universe) and extremely generous to those you admire (even if you have no taste in cars), you are well liked by all (even if you are almost immediately annoying). You are the froodiest.


That about sums it up! :D

[ET Awful]

1. I'm so cool you could store a side of beef in me for a month . . .

I'm the Ford Prefect type as well.

for some reason, I'm reminded of one of my favorite bits of dialog from the book:

(scene, in an air-lock about to be shot out into space and certain doom).

Arthur: This is horrible, it's times like this I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me.

Ford: Why, what did she tell you?

Arthur: I don't know, I didn't listen.

[mac56]

2. I love that bit!

But I think you've attributed the Ford and Arthur parts in reverse.

[ET Awful]

4. I thought I might have

I typed it the other way, thought better of it, reversed it, posted it, got corrected by you and fixed it again . . . okay, so maybe I'm more the Arthur Dent type :)

[zbdent]

3. Ego says Zaphod, reality is more like Arthur

Knew a guy who said he was Wowbagger, the Infinitely Prolonged.

My fav line (since I am a computer person):

"Computer, if you do not open this door right now, I'm going down to your main data banks and reprogram you with a large axe!"

I've used variations of that whilst trying to revive co-workers' PCs. Non-HHG types get a kick out of the concept.

[ET Awful]

5. The trick to flying . . .

is to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

[Caution]

15. I knew a guy who called himself Wonko

After Wonko the sane. To this day I still dont know his real name. (10 years later)

[elcondor]

6. Arthur Dent--no surprise there!

:-) I've read the HHGTTG books a million times--I would react exactly like Arthur would if in his situation.

"This must be a Thursday . . . I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."

[Paul1574]

7. no suprises......arthur dent

*sigh* i KNEW id get arthur dent...lol

[electricmonk]

8. I got Ford too

Was hoping to be Zaphod though. I always thought of myself as a really swell guy.

[arwalden]

9. Ever Play The HHGTTG Text Adventure Game On Apple II Computers?

> Get towel.

You have picked up the towel.

> Inventory

You are carrying a towel, a pick, a fish.

[ET Awful]

11. Insert fish in ear

you inserte the babel fish in your ear

[AntiCoup2K4]

20. INFOCOM games!

I had that one for the Commodore 64.

I also had another one called "Leather Goddesses of Phobos" which was interesting.

[Paul1574]

33. you can play it online HERE.....

well not 'here' but online

http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocom.html

[MissMillie]

10. Apparently, I'm Ford Prefect too....

Two years ago, I bought my son a hardcover copy of this entire collection. I still haven't been able to talk him into reading it.

He didn't trust me about the Coldplay CD either, but when he finally listened to it, he loved it.

*sigh* kids....

[MisterP]

12. Marvin!

[Deja Q]

22. So I'm not alone!

:loveya:

[short bus president]

13. *snarf*

This ought give someone here a big kick. Oy.

"You have demonstrated a strong affinity for the character Marvin the Paranoid Android

You hate everything, everywhere and everybody - especially those painful diodes in your left side. Your sole reason for living seems to be to seek out somebody, somewhere who might just possibly be more miserable than you. Unfortunately, stupid people keep diverting you for dumb reasons like saving the universe (if the universe can't take care of itself, why should you care?) To you, a "good time" means absolutely nothing because somebody forgot to add that to your personal dictionary file.

Some words of advice: If Ford can do it for Calvin, you can do it too!"

[VelmaD]

14. Snort...

you...paranoid and whiny...never. ;-)

*smooches*

DV

[TXlib]

16. I am Arthur Dent

You have demonstrated a strong affinity for the character Arthur Dent.

You like Earth. It's your home and as long as it isn't destroyed, you plan on staying here. All things Earth-based are good and everything from the rest of the galaxy is bad. You have an unlimited capacity to be shocked and astonished, not to mention an incredible ability to drink tea. You aren't as dumb as people think you are but you aren't half as smart as you'd like to be. Common sense is your strong point, unfortunately, the universe doesn't make sense of any kind, never mind common.

Some words of advice: Don't Panic!

[TXlib]

17. Want to play the Infocom HHGttG text adventure game?

Here it is:

http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html

[FloridaJudy]

32. Terrific. Now can you find me "Leather Goddesses of Phobos"?

[leftist_rebel1569]

18. Arthur Dent

n/t

[Aristus]

19. The first ten million years were the worst.

The second ten million years...they were the worst, too. The third ten million years, I didn't like at all. After that, I went into a bit of a decline.

And me with this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left side.

:crazy:

[Deja Q]

21. Awesome poll, thanks!

I'm, you guessed it, Marvin the Paranoid Android.

This is strange, I saw how 5 questions were indications of being Marvin, but I didn't answer but 2 of them as such.


You have demonstrated a strong affinity for the character Marvin the Paranoid Android

You hate everything, everywhere and everybody - especially those painful diodes in your left side. Your sole reason for living seems to be to seek out somebody, somewhere who might just possibly be more miserable than you. Unfortunately, stupid people keep diverting you for dumb reasons like saving the universe (if the universe can't take care of itself, why should you care?) To you, a "good time" means absolutely nothing because somebody forgot to add that to your personal dictionary file.

Some words of advice: If Ford can do it for Calvin, you can do it too!

[baldguy]

23. 42

I'm Arthur Dent

[ET Awful]

24. I can't believe that we have ALL forgoten the best quote of all

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

[dolo amber]

25. Bah!

I was trying to think of that exact one earlier but couldn't be arsed looking it up. :D

And never, ever, has it been more true.

[dolo amber]

26. Kick

For the bloods on the Westside :)

[never cry wolf]

27. Arthur Dent

Thanks for posting this, it has been way too long since I have reread HHGTTG, a nice break from the real world!

[dolo amber]

28. I recently re-read them all

for like the 10th time. They NEVER get old or unfunny, and the sheer imagination of Douglas Adams never fails to amaze. :)

[TheZoo]

29. Wow - I'm the first Vorgon!

You have shown a strong affinity for the Vogons.

This says terrible things about you
And all the awful things you do
If you want to be a Vogon
Something in your life is wrong

You're a mean and nastry slimer
A bureaucratic social climber
You don't know the word 'civility'
And you write terrible poetry


Some words of advice: Do us all a favour, crawl back into the primordial slime

[hel]

30. Zaphod!

"You have demonstrated a strong affinity for Zaphod Beeblebrox (either the first or the nothingth, whichever you prefer).

You are a smooooooth one. You have all the charm of Bill Clinton - not to mention his moral standards, business ethics and love of good food. You don't just dream about ruling the world, you actually go out and do it. Well, at least you pretend you do; but hey, if the world looks no farther than the sash, why should you? You are unstoppable, unsinkable and unthinkable. The Guide has entire chapters devoted just to your outlandish personal exploits. The one thing that you have not been successful at is keeping all of this from going to your head.

Some words of advice: Why bother, you aren't going to listen to me anyway"


Bill Clinton and Zaphod Beeblebrox? And I love them both! :)


"If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now"

[FloridaJudy]

31. Another Zaphod

Of course, I can't let this go to my heads...