"...and then time started seriously to pass."
--Douglas Adams, _Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency_



"There is no such word as 'impossible' in my dictionary ... in fact, everything
between 'herring' and 'marmalade' appears to be missing." ["Dirk Gently's
Holistic Detective Agency", Douglas Adams].
"Hey, have you any idea what these strange symbols are?"
"I think they're just strange symbols of some kind" said Zaphod.
 
 

 
The sound at the other end of the telephone which tells
you that the automatic exchange is working very hard but
is intending not actually to connect you this time, merely
to let you know how difficult it is.
   -- The Deeper Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd