• Hazmatastic@lemmy.world
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            Regarding Earth:

            “What? Harmless? Is that all it’s got to say? Harmless! One word!”

            Ford shrugged. “Well, there are a hundred billion stars in the Galaxy, and only a limited amount of space in the book’s microprocessors,” he said, “and no one knew much about the Earth, of course.”

            “Well, for God’s sake, I hope you managed to rectify that a bit.”

            “Oh yes, well, I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it’s still an improvement.”

            “And what does it say now?” asked Arthur.

            “Mostly harmless,” admitted Ford with a slightly embarrassed cough.