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From: marcus@ihlpl.UUCP (Hall)
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Subject: Re: Hitchhiker's Guide Trivia
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Date: Mon, 24-Nov-86 18:30:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 24 18:30:12 1986
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In article <12208@watnot.UUCP> rcgood@watnot.UUCP (Rob Good) writes:
>This should be a simple trivia question for the Hitchhikers out there.
> 
>The question is:
> 
>     Who won the award for the most gratuitous use of the word 'fuck'
>     in a serious screen play?


In article <2555@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (Steve "Blore" Howard) writes:
]
]  Wasn't it for the most gratuitous uses of the word "Belgium?"


In article <8678MIQ@PSUVMA> MIQ@PSUVMA.BITNET (James D. Maloy) writes:
}     That's easy.  Nobody did!
}
}     Now for another question.  Who won the award for the most gratuitous
}use of the word "Belgium" in a serious screenplay?

It seems that both of you have fallen into the trap!  The English and the
American copies of _Life, the Universe, and Everything_ differ on this
point.  The American publisher made Douglas Adams remove the word 'fuck'
from the book and so this version is slightly longer because he has to
explain why he is picking on Belgium.  Unfortunately, I don't have my
copy handy, nor do I have the text burned into my brain, but I do know
where my towel is.

Marcus Hall
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