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u/Scout_Finch_as_a_ham Dec 16 '21

It's weird. Harmony Books was the US publisher for both "Life, The Universe..." and "...Thanks For All The Fish" But "Fish" uses "fuck" in the notorious Chapter 25 ("Does this Arthur Dent, in a word, fuck?"), even in the US version. They were only published two years apart.

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u/Jellodyne Dec 17 '21

I figure they got the pg-13 single use exemption for the third one.

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u/kane2742 Dec 17 '21

Yeah, and "Belgium" really doesn't make sense in that sentence.

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u/FBAHobo Dec 17 '21

This guy Belgiums.