Monday, August 19, 2013

Not reading Miranda to Miranda.

A hard cold gleam came into Number Two’s eyes. He advanced slowly on Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. ‘All right, you scum,’ he growled, ‘you vermin...’ He jabbed Ford with the Kill-O-Zap gun.
‘Steady on, Number Two,’ admonished the captain gently.
‘What do want to drink!!!’ Number Two screamed.
‘Well, the jynnan tonnyx sounds very nice to me,’ said Ford, ‘What about you, Arthur?’
Arthur blinked. ‘What? Oh, er, yes,’ he said.
‘With ice or without?’ bellowed Number Two.
‘Oh, with, please,’ said Ford.
‘Lemon??!!’
‘Yes, please,’ said Ford, ’and do you have any of those little biscuits? You know, the cheesy ones?’
‘I’m asking the questions!!!!’ howled Number Two, his body quaking with apoplectic fury.
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The Restaurant at The End of The Universe 

OK, GREENWALD, YOU BETTER LISTEN AND YOU BETTER LISTEN GOOD!

I'm not Glenn Greenwald.

WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS!

Sorry, what was the question?

NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT QUESTIONS, WE'RE SENDING...

You said you were asking the questions.

DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH HERE??!!

OK, that was a question.  But you must mean, "Do you know with whom you are dealing?"

WITH ... WHOM... DO... YOU...THINK...YOU...ARE...DEALING?

I don't know.

WE CAN ARREST YOU IT YOU REFUSE TO CO-OPERATE!

Arrest me on what charge?

WE'RE ASKING THE QUESTIONS!!!

Fine, ask me a question.

I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT YOU VISITED LAURA POITRAS IN BERLIN!

That's not a question.

I PUT IT TO YOU THAT YOU VISITED LAURA POITRAS IN BERLIN!

That's not a question either.

DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT VISIT LAURA POITRAS IN BERLIN?

Yes, I did visit Laura Poitras in Berlin.

AHA!  AHAAA!  AND DID LAURA POITRAS GIVE YOU ANYTHING, WHEN YOU VISITED HER IN BERLIN?

Yes. She gave me her recipe for cinnamon buns and encrypted copies of all Warner Brothers cartoons and back issues of the National Geographic.

SURELY YOU REALIZE THAT IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT?

My name is David.

*********************** eight hours and fifty minutes later

MR. MIRANDA, YOU ARE FREE TO GO.

What about my Roadrunner collection?

WE...ARE...ASKING...THE...QUESTIONS.
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