Join Mark, Jon and Danny as they traverse the V section of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.Vogon constructor fleetsHere is what to do if you want to get a lift from a Vogon: forget it. They are one of the most unpleasant races in the Galaxy – not actually evil, but bad tempered, bureaucratic, officious and callous. They wouldn’t even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat and recycled as firelighters.The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down his throat, and the best way to irritate him is to feed his grandmother to the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.Vogon poetryVogon poetry is the third worst poetry in the universe.VogsphereMany, many light years from earth lies the grim and long abandoned planet, Vogsphere. Somewhere on a fetid, fog-bound mud bank on this planet there stands, surrounded by the dirty, broken and empty carapaces of the last few jeweled scuttling crabs, a small stone monument which marks the place, where it is thought, the species Vogon Vogonblurtus first arose. On the monument there is carved an arrow which points away into the fog, under which are inscribed in plain, simple letters the words “The buck stops there.”VolluingFor the meaning of the word “vollue”, buy a copy of Squornshellous Swamptalk at any remaindered bookshop, or alternatively buy The Ultra-Complete Maximegalon Dictionary, as the University will be very glad to get it off their hands and regain some valuable parking lots.VroomfondelVroomfondel is a philosopher from Cruxwan University. In the radio series he was played by Jim Broadbent.WalkmenFor some reason, Ford throws a bunch of Walkmens out to the crowds thronging around the ship that lands on Earth, in Mostly Harmless.LinksFollow Danny on TwitterFollow Jon Bounds on TwitterFollow Mark on InstagramLeave us a review on Apple PodcastsFind more shows from the OutpostWill SelfU and non-U EnglishCharles PooterThe Diary of a NobodyQuote by the Dalai LamaThe Vogsphere slapping sticksRevolution in the Head: The Beatles’ Records and the Sixties

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