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# thinking of getting this simple thing as a tattoo on one of my arms...
thoughts... suggestions... different colour maybe?
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:32, archived)
# why not get it in the style of the new book
that is written by NOT DOUGLAS ADAMS

*kicks off*
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:35, archived)
# hahaha
Artemis Fowl?!?!? He can fuck right off :)

I will buy the new book, and read it with clenched teeth throughout no doubt. Still, the thought of it is depressing me greatly at the moment.

Also I know Stephen Fry was his great mate and everything but why produce a new book about endangered animals with the EXACT SAME TITLE AS THE OLD ONE? FFS!
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:38, archived)
# Watching that now
enjoying it in a sad kind of a way
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:43, archived)
# What book is this (are you talking about Last Chance to See?)
And why are you watching it?
*wikipedias* oh, I see. Is there a book of the TV series based on the book, then?
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:46, archived)
# BBC2 at the mo
With a new book to follow.
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:56, archived)
# How can there be a new Book that is written by NOT DOUGLAS ADAMS
when Douglas Adams is dead?
Please no.
Please leave it alone :(
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:46, archived)
# I think you'll find that most books aren't written by Douglas Adams.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:48, archived)
# apart from
the ones written by Douglas Adams...

Most of those are.
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:53, archived)
# Most of them, yes.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:54, archived)
# out next month
www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/10041556/And-Another-Thing-/Product.html
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:51, archived)
# What is an Eoin Colfer?
He might be a great novelist but if that was the case then why resort to plagiarism?
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:58, archived)
# An Eoin Colfer
is an Irishman with a silly name who wrote books about a teenage criminal with a silly name. And plagiarism is a great gig if you're getting paid for it, I don't think I'd have turned it down knowing how many people would buy the book.

Which I strongly suspect I will, whether I actually want to or not.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:02, archived)
# ^ this
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:14, archived)
# True,
Plagiarism and being paid for it is called "Licensing" I suppose.
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:18, archived)
# That's the one :)
And when it's Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson doing it it's called "Raping Frank Herbert's corpse until it squeaks"
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:21, archived)
# Poor Frank's squeaky corpse.
:(
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:25, archived)
# poor frank
nsfw
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:31, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! Bryan Damage Cheese sandwich?, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:34, archived)
# Eoin, n. a cherished piece of literature.
Colf, vb. to mangle, destroy or embarrass.

Mind you Mostly Harmless and The Salmon of Doubt were both a bit rubbish, so good luck to him, really.
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:05, archived)
# hmmm
this might be a lot better than everyone's expecting. when he can leave off the heavy-handed ecological ranting colfer has a pretty easy, light style and a decent imagination and perhaps unlike a lot of people (or at least that they'll admit) i really enjoyed most of the artemis fowl books while i was lying around in hospital.

on the other hand, it might really, really suck. let's be honest, the last three of the hitch-hiker's books weren't themselves all that great cop either...
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:59, archived)
# Uh-oh.
Zaphod stepped out onto the surface of the planet, except he didn't because there was nothing there because the Vogons WHO ARE A METAPHOR FOR HUMANS had fucked it all up with bulldozers and heavy industry LIKE YOU HUMANS ALWAYS DO AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD BECAUSE YOU ARE A HUMAN AND NOT A DOLPHIN. (Free preview of the forthcoming book.)
(_Felix 's school of dance and occult sciences, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:19, archived)
# oh shit
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:22, archived)
# Hahaha
Also: Douglas wrote one really great book which breathed new life into a stale genre. The book spawned a large number of mostly inferior imitators, Douglas himself among them. LOL
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:33, archived)
# This is in the font from the tv show adaptation?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:36, archived)
# As opposed to being in the font from the radio show... what are you talking about Mu?
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:37, archived)
# my vector interpretation from a screengrab
yus
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:38, archived)
# only if accompanied by this :D
(I helped save b3ta! Barry the Time Sprout one of your 5-a-day, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:42, archived)
# haha!
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:46, archived)
# hahahahah
i'll tell uncle Arthur
(I helped save b3ta! Barry the Time Sprout one of your 5-a-day, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:19, archived)
# Hahaha
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:34, archived)
# Large, friendly letters
yes
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:44, archived)
# no offense
but i'd suggest not actually having "don't panic" tattooed on your arm at all
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:51, archived)
# I don't see why not, it's good advice in most situations.
Although personally I don't think I'd have it done in block letters, I'd maybe just get the outline done.
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:56, archived)
# it is good advice in most situations
but it takes wearing your nerdiness on your sleeve to hitherto unseen levels. it's fine saying "don't panic" to the squaddie in the pub but less fine when he follows you home later and smashes your teeth out against the pavement


edit: also, i agree, the outline would probably look be better if you actually do want it written on your arm -- stops it looking quite so faded so quickly if nothing else
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:00, archived)
# nerdiness yes
but DNA has been a constant in my life since I was 10 years old. And that's quite a long time. I realised recently that an appreciation of HHGTTG has accidentally been requisite in all the major relationships of my time on the planet.
(I helped save b3ta! brianftang www.brianftang.co.uk, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:08, archived)
# so long as it's a very long-term thing
and you're happy to explain yourself (or just ignore people) every time you go out in a t shirt, then i'd go right ahead then.

i'm just wary because of thought quite a few times of getting a tattoo and then each time been glad a few weeks later that i didn't because it would've looked rubbish...
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:17, archived)
# i agree
i went through many years and many designs before i came across the right one. it took a day to deign and off to get it done. in a place i love with someone i loved, the end x x
(I helped save b3ta! claptonista ,the idiot boy..........🫥, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 20:56, archived)
# Made in Taiwan
(I helped save b3ta! @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 21:26, archived)
# suggestion:
lose the exclamation mark

please lose the exclamation mark

nothing with an ! is funny

if you use a ! you will look proper twatty
(I helped save b3ta! Shlvng, Sun 6 Sep 2009, 23:19, archived)