Saturday, October 28, 2006

What To Do If You Find Yourself Stuck With No Hope of Rescue

"Consider how lucky you are that life has been good for you so far;

Alternatively, if life hasn’t been good to you so far (which given your current circumstances seems more likely) consider how lucky you are that it won’t be troubling you much longer."

-from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe (2005)
by Douglas Adams
Garth Jennings, Director

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