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Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic
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'Who are you mooning over now, Captain Bollдss?' asked his wife.'Excuse me, my dear,' replied Bolfass, 'it is just that that young Earth woman has stolen my soul with her beauty.''Poor dear!' said Mrs Bolfass, taking his hand and stroking it. 'I'm sure you'll get better.''Ah!' sighed Captain Bolfass. 'I do hope so... I do hope so...''Perhaps you should see Dr Ponkaliwack?''No... no. I'll be all right .' sighed the Captain. (On Yassacca, being 'in love' was considered a form of illness.)But the old Yassaccan songs that the band were now playing caused the Captain to sigh again and again and even brought a tear to his eye. They were ancient songs of yearning for better tools and materials, songs of lament for construction projects that were never finished, and songs of regret for the great craftsmen of yesteryear who would never plane nor chisel again.Lucy found Dan hidden at the far end of the garden, sitting on a low wall under the oleanders, sunk in utter despondency. He held a piece of snork crackling in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. 'Go away!' he said.'Oh, Dan!' Lucy sat beside him and tried to put her arm around him. 'Let's get married!''Married!' exclaimed Dan. 'Huh! After what I saw that alien doing to you?''Don't be...' well Lucy wasn't quite sure what she was telling Dan not to be: 'foolish'? 'jealous'? 'sulky'? He had a right to be all those things, and yet... she couldn't help feeling he was overdoing it. 'Dan! We love each other - don't we?''I don't know,' replied Dan. 'Do we?''Of course we do!' cried Lucy. 'We're going to set up the hotel and run it together and have children.'No we aren't,' said Dan. 'We can't get back to Earth and even if we could, the hotel's a pile of rubble!''But we've got the money from Top Ten Travel!' 'But that doesn't mean we love each other!' 'But we do! We've been together all this time!' Dan stared gloomily at the piece of snork crackling in his hand. Finally he looked at Lucy and said: 'Here comes Nettie.'
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Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic
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'Who are you mooning over now, Captain Bollдss?' asked his wife.'Excuse me, my dear,' replied Bolfass, 'it is just that that young Earth woman has stolen my soul with her beauty.''Poor dear!' said Mrs Bolfass, taking his hand and stroking it. 'I'm sure you'll get better.''Ah!' sighed Captain Bolfass. 'I do hope so... I do hope so...''Perhaps you should see Dr Ponkaliwack?''No... no. I'll be all right .' sighed the Captain. (On Yassacca, being 'in love' was considered a form of illness.)But the old Yassaccan songs that the band were now playing caused the Captain to sigh again and again and even brought a tear to his eye. They were ancient songs of yearning for better tools and materials, songs of lament for construction projects that were never finished, and songs of regret for the great craftsmen of yesteryear who would never plane nor chisel again.Lucy found Dan hidden at the far end of the garden, sitting on a low wall under the oleanders, sunk in utter despondency. He held a piece of snork crackling in one hand and a glass of wine in the other. 'Go away!' he said.'Oh, Dan!' Lucy sat beside him and tried to put her arm around him. 'Let's get married!''Married!' exclaimed Dan. 'Huh! After what I saw that alien doing to you?''Don't be...' well Lucy wasn't quite sure what she was telling Dan not to be: 'foolish'? 'jealous'? 'sulky'? He had a right to be all those things, and yet... she couldn't help feeling he was overdoing it. 'Dan! We love each other - don't we?''I don't know,' replied Dan. 'Do we?''Of course we do!' cried Lucy. 'We're going to set up the hotel and run it together and have children.'No we aren't,' said Dan. 'We can't get back to Earth and even if we could, the hotel's a pile of rubble!''But we've got the money from Top Ten Travel!' 'But that doesn't mean we love each other!' 'But we do! We've been together all this time!' Dan stared gloomily at the piece of snork crackling in his hand. Finally he looked at Lucy and said: 'Here comes Nettie.'
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