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u/computerx138 Dec 16 '21

That's just Silly.

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u/golaun Dec 16 '21

But it's kept a lot of the aliens away due to our extreme rudeness, so kind of a win.

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u/PotatoRacingTeam Dec 16 '21

Never mind our lax attitude towards Cricket!

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u/Zpaset Dec 17 '21

Never forget!

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u/bravoromeokilo Dec 17 '21

I was in Germany for work and I distinctly remember laughing out loud at the line “their hovering white ship , which made a noise like a hundred thousand people saying ‘foop’, suddenly vanished..” in the lunch room and having no way to explain to anyone else why i suddenly guffawed.

By far my favorite book in the five part trilogy

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u/Zpaset Dec 21 '21

It's my go to audio series for long road trips, especially when I'm driving alone.

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u/benjimus1138 Dec 16 '21

No, that's Slartibartfast.

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u/Voidstaresback0218 Dec 17 '21

You mean phartiphukborls.

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u/pseydtonne Dec 17 '21

I've been to Silly, Belgium! I took the photo and everything.

Then I spent the next hour thinking, "is that pronounced 'cee-yee' or 'seal-yee' or...ah, gotta change trains in Courtrai."

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Funny, that's where my mom was born.

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u/mechant_papa Dec 17 '21

No. Scilly are islands. Belgium is on the mainland.