26: From Hastromil to Hig Hurtenflirst

Mark and Danny Smith are joined by Jon Hickman to continue working thorugh the H section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide. Hastromil A star system we can see disappear into the black void of space, at Milliways. Hawalius A planet of soothsayers.It’s where Arthur met the old woman who lives in a cave, and the man on a pole when he seeks guidence. Heart of Gold The starship Heart of Gold is a beautiful ship, shaped like a running shoe. We’ll talk about the Infinite Improbability Drive in a later episode, but here the team explores the ship a little. Heavily Modified Face Flannels A terse work by Frap Gadz on the subject of towels. Here, Jon introduces the panel to his ethnic towel. Herring Sandwich Experiment The Herring Sandwich Experiment was conducted millennia ago at tThe MaxiMegalon Institute of Slowly and Painfully Working Out the Surprisingly Obvious. A robot was programmed to believe that it liked herring sandwiches, and a sandwich was placed in front of it. Whereupon the robot thought to itself, “Ah! A herring sandwich! I like herring sandwiches.” It would then bend over and scoop up the sandwich in its scoop, straighten up, and in so doing cause the sandwich to slip straight back off the scoop and fall on to the floor. Whereupon the robot thought to itself, “Ah! A herring sandwich…”, etc., and repeated the same action over and over and over again. Hig Hurtenflirst Hig Hurtenflirst is the mastermind of the Shoe Event Horizon. He only happens to be the risingest young executive in the Dolmansaxlil Shoe Corporation. He only happens to have masterminded the entire rationalisation of the planet Brontitall to total shoe orientation. He only happens to be sitting on top of the biggest development deal in the entire history of footwear and he only happens to be very deeply disturbed at finding his planet riddled with subversives bent on undermining the whole structure of the Dolmansaxlil operation.” We ask who would win in a fight between Hig Hurtenflirst, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Links The Culture - Wikipedia ‘Literally No One Calls Me That Or Has Ever Called Me That’: Our Interview With Ol’ Musky How to Make a Wrap | iMake This is literally the “Black Mirror” robot dog The Heart of Gold looks a little like a tea cup Culture ship names @ Things of Interest Barnum effect - Wikipedia

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