Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
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"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "Ask a glass of water."
Interpretation
The quote humorously contrasts the state of drunkenness with that of a sober, lifeless glass of water.
This quote by Douglas Adams uses humor to illustrate the negative consequences of intoxication, as perceived by an inanimate object, a glass of water. It highlights the absurdity of the question posed about the unpleasantness of being drunk, suggesting that the sober alternative is even less enjoyable, thereby inviting laughter while provoking thought about the nature of pleasure and sobriety.
In practice
This quote could be used in a comical speech about the effects of alcohol at a party.
Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
Protect me from knowing what I don't need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don't know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen. [...] Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.
Computers are still technology because we are still wrestling with it: it's still being invented; we're still trying to work out how it works. There's a world of game interaction to come that you or I wouldn't recognise. It's time for the machines to disappear. The computer's got to disappear into all of the things we use.
What the computer in virtual reality enables us to do is to recalibrate ourselves so that we can start seeing those pieces of information that are invisible to us but have become important for us to understand.
We are stuck with technology when all we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A good clue is if it comes with a manual.
Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be breathed in public, the perpetrator would be shunned, barred from polite society, and in extreme cases shot through the lungs, are now thought to be very healthy and proper, and their use in everyday speech and writing is evidence of a well-adjusted, relaxed and totally un****ed-up personality.
Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.
Life is too short to be taken seriously.
Seriousness is a sickness; your sense of humor makes you more human, more humble. The sense of humor - according to me - is one of the most essential parts of religiousness.
Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.
For what good turn? Messenger: For the best turn of the bed.
Jack: Actually, I was found. Lady Bracknell: Found? Jack: Uh, yes, I was in... a handbag. Lady Bracknell: A handbag? Jack: Yes, it was... [makes gestures] Jack: an ordinary handbag.
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