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Havok:

--- Quote from: Jouster on August 14, 2007, 12:04:01 pm ---Just conducted a small test here at work...out of the 25 people I just asked...only one person knew who Douglas Adams was.  Which was pretty much how I figured it would turn out.

I got a few smart as$ comments from other people that didn't have a clue who he was.

Sorry to rain on everyone's parade...but I'm in the majority it seems.

Jouster

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What's the average age of the people you work with? Also, I would just ask if they have ever heard of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - not Douglas Adams. Most people don't know who wrote what half the time...

boykster:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 14, 2007, 02:35:30 pm ---His books aren't that great and he was kind of a pompous jerk in his speeches.

You're not missing too much.



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Sure, everyone has an opinion.  And that jewish carpenter that lived 2000 years ago was a real nice guy, but I don't understand why they wrote all these books about him and get together on sundays to talk about it....

 :timebomb:

boykster:
sense of humour is a very personal thing, much like religion.  We don't all like the same things, and hardly ever agree.

And last time I checked, the carpenter didn't write anything, it was other people who wrote about him.  So, no, I wasn't comparing Douglas Adams to anyone, just making the point that your interpretation of his body of works was valid, as was mine about another, completely different one.

I don't want this thread to get PH'd, so that's all I'm going to say about religion....if need be, I'll clean up my posts.

polaris:
was jesus an atheist, im confused

Jouster:

--- Quote from: Havok on August 14, 2007, 12:18:22 pm ---What's the average age of the people you work with?
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Most of the people I asked are between 21 and 35.


--- Quote from: Havok on August 14, 2007, 12:18:22 pm ---Also, I would just ask if they have ever heard of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - not Douglas Adams. Most people don't know who wrote what half the time...

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I think that just proved my point...if HHGTTG had been mentioned here, I'd have known more about what was being referenced...but I don't know many authors, and quite frankly don't care.  I know the ones that matter to me...which is a pretty short list.

Jouster

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