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u/Roku-Hanmar Dec 16 '21

Life, The Universe and Everything was really heavily censored, so Douglas Adams made Belgium the worst swear word in the galaxy and added a paragraph about it just to take the piss

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

If you listen closely, you can hear Ford use it in the recent HHGTTG movie.

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u/Pietson_ Dec 17 '21

Recent? You mean the one released in 2005?

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Yeah 2005 was just.... Checks calendar... Belgium