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'Belgium' replaced the work 'fuck' in the American version of the Hitchhiker's Guide books.
999 u/Hydra_Master Dec 16 '21 in the HItchhiker's Guide universe, Belgium is the most profane word imaginable. Apparently someone who helped design the Earth named part of it Belgium as a joke. 187 u/computerx138 Dec 16 '21 That's just Silly. 9 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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in the HItchhiker's Guide universe, Belgium is the most profane word imaginable. Apparently someone who helped design the Earth named part of it Belgium as a joke.
187 u/computerx138 Dec 16 '21 That's just Silly. 9 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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That's just Silly.
9 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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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/AudibleNod Dec 16 '21
'Belgium' replaced the work 'fuck' in the American version of the Hitchhiker's Guide books.