# So long and thanks for all the fish... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196 "2001-05-12T10:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/101 "2001-05-14T00:09:52Z")
Goodbye frood. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/102 "2001-05-14T02:48:51Z")
I don’t want to believe it. I’ll let the Electric Monk believe it for me… ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/103 "2001-05-14T06:57:31Z")
What terrible irony. Last week I bought The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide at Borders, since it’s been well over 10 years since reading his works. Saturday night I stayed up far too late reading the first 40 pages, reacquainting myself with the story that was once so familiar - and realizing how so much of my present day sense of humor and outlook on life are a direct result of Douglas Adams. Then a mere 6 hours later, reading of his passing in the Sunday paper. What a drag. ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/104 "2001-05-14T15:28:34Z")
For those of you who enjoy _User Friendly_, check out Iliad’s tribute to Douglas Adams [here](http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010513) ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/105 "2001-05-14T15:46:58Z")
I was online looking for a high-end Swedish\<\>English dictionary and had located a couple bookstore sites in Sweden. I didn’t find the dictionary, but the front page of one site had listed the most recent item purchased there: Liftarens Guide Galaxen, Adams D. _Everybody_ knows he rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/106 "2001-05-14T18:22:07Z")
☹ I first became acquainted with HHGTTG when I was living in New Zealand and working for the NZ Wildlife Service in the early 80s. While working on Little Barrier Island, and would watch the TV series with the ranger, “Dobbie” Dobbins, who with his wife were the only other people living on the island. Adams told the story of his visit to New Zealand in pursuit of the Kakapo in his book “Last Chance to See.” Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance to meet him then, although many of my friends and colleagues did - Don Merton and Gary “Arab” Aburn, etc. I’m sure the only reason he got access to the places he did was because those guys liked his stuff so much. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/107 "2001-05-14T21:46:54Z")
Rotten, rotten news. His poor family. I don’t think I could handle a Gargleblaster. It’s going to have to be a couple of gynnan tonnyx. Maybe I’ll take the baby to see the Komodo dragon at the zoo tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/108 "2001-05-14T22:18:36Z")
He was my favorite. I remember reading the whole hitchhiker “trilogy” on the crowded rush hour train to and from work everyday. It seemed like every minute or 2 I would break out into laughter, then look around embarrassed to see if anyone was looking at me. It really bumms me out because I know he had so much more to give. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/109 "2001-05-14T23:50:18Z")
It’s pretty obvious that Adams was one of the most popular writers among Dopers. Look how long this thread has gotten! “A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.” --The Wizard to the Tin Man in _The Wizard of Oz_ Adams had a big heart indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/110 "2001-05-15T00:50:47Z")
God…I feel SOOOO stupid for scoffing at all the droves of people crying and mourning when Dale Earnhardt died… Now here I am Niagra Falls over Douglas Adams. What a tremendous loss. Douglas Adams a great affect on my sense of humor and overall outlook on life like he did with many others at this board and across the world, he will truly be missed. So long. ---
**Author:** ![jmullaney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/111 "2001-05-15T14:03:14Z")
Oh no not again. ☹ I had an opportunity to hear Adams speak at UT many years ago. It was pretty good. And I just read “Hitchhiker’s” again for the first time in a decade last week. It is a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/112 "2001-05-15T18:13:16Z")
Nothing new to add, other than my sympathies. I dont laugh out loud reading except when it is a Douglas Adams book. That and the occassional post in the SDMB. Does anyone know what will happen with the movies? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/113 "2001-05-17T02:27:46Z")
Damn damn damn damn damn. First Peter McWilliams, and now this. Dog gone it, if Douglas Adams **had** to die so young, couldn’t he at least have had the decency to die on a Thursday? I never could get the hang of Thursdays. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/114 "2001-05-17T04:04:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by honkytonkwillie \* > \*\*What terrible irony. > Then a mere 6 hours later, reading of his passing in the Sunday paper. What a drag. \*\* What did he pass on the paper? It might be woreth something on Ebay in about 6 million years 😃 and ☹ obviously ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/115 "2001-05-19T02:04:46Z")
This sucked. I’m hoping that the movie is still made, but who knows? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/116 "2001-05-19T18:08:18Z")
To do justice to _Hitchhiker’s,_ it would have to be a series of movies. The miniseries was more than three hours long and covered only the first two books. Even then, they had to leave some stuff out. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/117 "2001-06-05T02:18:18Z")
jab1 wrote: [QUOTEThe miniseries was more than three hours long and covered only the first two books. Even then, they had to leave some stuff out.[/QUOTE] \ The BBC Miniseries was based on the Hitchhiker’s Guide radio drama, not the books (which came later). In fact, the miniseries actually followed the radio drama pretty closely. \ ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/118 "2001-06-05T02:20:05Z")
jab1 wrote: > [@](#): > > The miniseries was more than three hours long and covered only the first two books. Even then, they had to leave some stuff out. \ The BBC Miniseries was based on the Hitchhiker’s Guide radio drama, not the books (which came later). In fact, the miniseries actually followed the radio drama pretty closely. \ ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196/119 "2001-06-05T19:23:02Z")
Thanks for the info. But I have to ask why it took you two-and-a-half weeks to reply? And you had to do it twice? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/65196.md?page=5)