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Old April 29th 10, 03:57 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default OT - Meet Ford Prefect

On 4/28/2010 10:03 AM, Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:
So _that's_ where "The Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy" name came
from:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/...thats-english/
A Rolls-Royce this ain't. :-)


You didn't know that?


No, I thought it was supposed to be a alien picking a oddball name for
himself that didn't fit in, like John Bigboote in "Buckaroo Banzai".

Pat