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From: gt4395b@gitpyr.UUCP (Christodoulou,Michael Joseph)
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Subject: Re: Wanted: Pangalactic Gargle Blaster recipe
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Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 14:16:08 EST
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            THE PANGALACTIC GARGLE BLASTER


    "Here's what the ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA has to say about alcohol.  
It says that alcohol is a colorless liquid formed by the fermentation
of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effects on certain carbon-  
based life forms.
     "THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY also mentions alochol.  It
says that the best drink in existance is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
     "It says that the effect of drinking a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round
a large gold brick.
     "The GUIDE also tells you on which planets the best Pan Galactic
Gargle Blasters are mixed, how much you can expect to pay for one and 
what voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterward.
     "The GUIDE even tells you how you can mix one yourself.
     "Take the juice from one bottle of the Ol' Janx Spirit, it says.
     "Pour it into one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V
-- Oh, that Santraginean seawater, it says.  Oh, those Santraginean 
fish!
     "Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture
(it must be properly iced or the benzene is lost).
     "Allow four liters of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it, in
memory of all those happy hikers who have died of pleasure in the 
Marshes of Fallia.
     "Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin
Hypermint Extract, redolent of all the heady odors of the dark Qualactin
Zones, subtle, sweet and mystic.
     "Drop in the tooth of an Angolian Suntiger.  Watch it dissolve,   
spreading the fires of the Angolian suns deep into the heart of the drink.
     "Sprinkle Zamphuor.
     "Add an olive.
     "Drink . . . but . . . very carefully . . .
     "THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY sells rather better than the
ENCYCLOPEDIA GALACTICA."


-- Douglas Adams, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, (C) 1979

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   I have never managed to make this drink properly.  If you have any 
   success, let me know and I will Hitchhike over to your place to see
   what I have been doing wrong.
                                   -- Mike Christodoulou