# I just got this Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Joke!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-this-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-joke/365046>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 18, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-this-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-joke/365046 "2006-07-18T17:38:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-this-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-joke/365046/41 "2006-07-19T23:36:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Algernon]  
Sheesh. I didn’t get this joke until NOW! :smack: :smack:  
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May I join the club?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-this-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-joke/365046/42 "2006-07-20T07:17:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Chronos]  
Hm, you could swallow him live, or materialize him as a whale above the atmosphere of a planet, or you could give him a heart attack by making something interesting happen at a cricket match, or…

Seems to me there’s lots of ways you could beat that.  
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I’ll see your whale and raise you a bowl of petunias!

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**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-this-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-joke/365046/43 "2006-07-20T19:30:55Z")

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Woulnd’t that be lower - or drop - you a bowl of petunias?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-this-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-joke/365046/44 "2006-07-20T19:46:12Z")

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[QUOTE=flight]  
Woulnd’t that be lower - or drop - you a bowl of petunias?  
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:smack: D’oh! Of course you’re right. 😃 That’s what I get for not bringing my towel.

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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-this-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-joke/365046/45 "2006-07-20T19:51:29Z")

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I always knew I was missing the joke on “Ford Prefect” but I never bothered to figure out how. Thanks!

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