He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
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Ford Prefect: Don't suppose we could get picked up by a birdFord Prefect: Don't suppose we could get picked up by a bird?
Zaphod: A bird?!
Ford Prefect: Yean, a bird. You know, with wings.
Zaphod: Have to be a swutting big one, man!
Ford Prefect: Or two of them.
Zaphod: Hey, will you get your head back on?! The chances of one guy falling onto a passing bird are ten to the power of my overdraft, but two?! That's just - -
"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm."Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. "The Answer to the Great Question, of Life, the Universe and Everything"
That quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is. -
"Ford," insisted Arthur, "I don't know if this sounds like a silly question, but what am I doing here?""Well you know that," said Ford."Ford," insisted Arthur, "I don't know if this sounds like a silly question, but what am I doing here?"
"Well you know that," said Ford. "I rescued you from the Earth."
"And what's happened to the Earth?"
"Ah. It's been demolished."
"Has it," said Arthur levelly.
"Yes. It just boiled away into space."
"Look," said Arthur, "I'm a bit upset about that."