"Jostein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> ROTFL. You and your fiddlybits, Jostein. You're a scream. I hope the >> Hitch-Hiker's film they're supposed to be making retains that word >> (words?) in the script - I think I shall just call you Slartibartfast >> from now on :-) > >Poor old Slartibartfast... He was never really very proud of his name, >though, was he... > >But he _did_ win an award for Norway. :-)
Did you ever hear what Slartibardfast's name was in early versions of the script? Douglas Adams wanted to come up with something that sounded really rude but wasn't. So he started with something completely unusable on radio (*see way below if you want to know - those easily offended can skip it!) and just altered syllables until he got something he liked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * "Fartiphuckballs" -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
