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Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic
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'Huh!' snorted Nettie. 'That machine's about as helpful as a strapless ball-gown under G-Force!'Rut Dan had already run over to the Deskbot, and was now preparing to humiliate himself on an heroic scale.'Look,' he began. 'We have been mis-assigned our accommodation. This - as I expect you recognize - is Gloria Stanley, the actress.' Dan pointed at Nettle who immediately caught on to his drift and dutifully treated the Deskbot to a sultry look. 'I am her manager and this young lady is her lawyer.' Lucy really did look the part in her pinstripe power suit. 'We should have been given First Class tickets but our travel agent screwed up the booking. Can you reassign us immediately?'The Deskbot raised its shade or head and stared with its two lamps straight at Dan. He squirmed but held his composure.'And which travel agency would that be?' asked the Deskbot.'Top Ten Travel.' Dan was well into his role by now.The Deskbot blinked a few times, as if running through a file somewhere in its database. There was a sort of 'bing!' noise and it drummed its fingers on the desk. 'I have no record of such an agency in the Galaxy.''I can assure you it does exist,' said Dan, whilst thinking, 'Well, it did exist up to this morning.''Look, we must get an upgrade to First.' Lucy had decided to chime in.'Oh yes, madam.' The Deskbot had become insolently polite. 'And to whose account should this "upgrade" be charged?''Mayem, Rader and Lizt,' said Lucy. It was the name of her law firm.'We have no record of such a company,' said the Deskbot.'You didn't even check your database!' exclaimed Lucy indignantly.The Deskbot blinked a couple of times and there was another 'bing!' noise. The Deskbot leant forward:'I can only upgrade you if you pay the difference in advance.''How much is it?' Dan felt they were on a slippery slope here.'Seventy million pistres or two pnedes. Currency is not accepted and you may only pay by Galactic Gold Credit Card.'
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Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic
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'Huh!' snorted Nettie. 'That machine's about as helpful as a strapless ball-gown under G-Force!'Rut Dan had already run over to the Deskbot, and was now preparing to humiliate himself on an heroic scale.'Look,' he began. 'We have been mis-assigned our accommodation. This - as I expect you recognize - is Gloria Stanley, the actress.' Dan pointed at Nettle who immediately caught on to his drift and dutifully treated the Deskbot to a sultry look. 'I am her manager and this young lady is her lawyer.' Lucy really did look the part in her pinstripe power suit. 'We should have been given First Class tickets but our travel agent screwed up the booking. Can you reassign us immediately?'The Deskbot raised its shade or head and stared with its two lamps straight at Dan. He squirmed but held his composure.'And which travel agency would that be?' asked the Deskbot.'Top Ten Travel.' Dan was well into his role by now.The Deskbot blinked a few times, as if running through a file somewhere in its database. There was a sort of 'bing!' noise and it drummed its fingers on the desk. 'I have no record of such an agency in the Galaxy.''I can assure you it does exist,' said Dan, whilst thinking, 'Well, it did exist up to this morning.''Look, we must get an upgrade to First.' Lucy had decided to chime in.'Oh yes, madam.' The Deskbot had become insolently polite. 'And to whose account should this "upgrade" be charged?''Mayem, Rader and Lizt,' said Lucy. It was the name of her law firm.'We have no record of such a company,' said the Deskbot.'You didn't even check your database!' exclaimed Lucy indignantly.The Deskbot blinked a couple of times and there was another 'bing!' noise. The Deskbot leant forward:'I can only upgrade you if you pay the difference in advance.''How much is it?' Dan felt they were on a slippery slope here.'Seventy million pistres or two pnedes. Currency is not accepted and you may only pay by Galactic Gold Credit Card.'
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