[brooksby]

Depressing, isn’t it?

Even though I have customers and am good at my job, etc etc, I’m gradually realising that as far as the Govt and People are concerned, I would have a paid-up ticket for Ship B.

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[hawkinspeter]

Richard D wrote:

Of course he was a prophet.  Wikipedia, smart phones, viruses spread by dirty office equipment.  He also understood the human condition as well as Shakespeare – the wearing of digital watches and movement of money as a facsimile of happiness, for example.

I particularly like his prediction of Trump:

The President in particular is very much a figurehead — he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. On those criteria Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the most successful Presidents the Galaxy has ever had — he has already spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.

[Richard D]

Of course he was a prophet.

Of course he was a prophet.  Wikipedia, smart phones, viruses spread by dirty office equipment.  He also understood the human condition as well as Shakespeare – the wearing of digital watches and movement of money as a facsimile of happiness, for example.

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

brooksby wrote:

You mean he isn’t?

Well, I haven’t heard much from him recently.

[brooksby]

You mean he isn’t?

You mean he isn’t?

[hawkinspeter]

jaymack wrote:

jaymack wrote:

I’d happily crash land on primordial earth with Ark B, at least the telephones would be clean.

Especially seeing that Arks A and C got wiped out by a disease contracted from a dirty phone. Douglas Adams should be rebranded as a prophet.

[jaymack]

I’d happily crash land on

I’d happily crash land on primordial earth with Ark B, at least the telephones would be clean.

[ktache]

It was only when the

It was only when the government lowered the wage requirements from £30K when describing what was a “skilled” worker (when considering applicants for immigration) that I could finally consider myself as “skilled” even with a relavent degree and over 20 years of lab bench experience.

 

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