Mark and Danny are joined by Jon Hickman to discuss who should end up on the B Ark and understand impossible sentences. Golgafrincham Ark Fleet A fictional fleet of ships, invented to allow the inhabitants of Golgafrincham to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population. Googleplex Starthinker A super-computer from the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity, with the ability to calculate the trajectory of every single dust particle during a five-week Dangrabad Beta sand blizzard. It was deemed, by Deep Thought, to be a meer pocket calculator in comparison. Goosnargh A special Betelgeusian word Ford Prefect used when he knew he should say something but didn’t know what it should be. Great Circling Poets of Arium These poets used to live in remote mountain passes where they would lie in wait for small bands of unwary travellers, circle round them, and throw rocks at them. It was one of their descendents who invented the spurious tales of impending doom which enabled the people of Golgafrincham to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population. Great Hyperlobic Omni-Cognate Neutron Wrangler of Ciceronicus 12, the Magic and Indefatigable This computer could talk all four legs off an Arcturian MegaDonkey, but only Deep Thought could persuade it to go for a walk afterwards. Greater drubbered wintwock of Stegbartle Major in the constellation Fraz In Mostly Harmless, we learn that this bird is extinct. According to the Internet, there is a photo on Flickr of a greater drubbered wintwock. Danny explains. Links Greater Drubbered Wintwock | According to the Hitchhikers Gu… | Flickr

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