As a punishment for this behaviour, which was held to be offensively self-righteous and provocative, a galactic tribunal inflicted on them that most cruel of all social diseases, telepathy.
13 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 6 sitcom.
You can hear this line at 00:07:59.571 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.
Quote context
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- 'If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their mouths probably seize up. '
- After a while, he abandoned this theory in favour of a new one.
- 'If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.'
- In fact, this second theory is more literally true of the Belcerebon people of Kakrafoon Kappa.
- And what a noisy place Kakrafoon has suddenly become.
- Another method of temporarily blotting out their minds is to play host to a Disaster Area concert.
- This is it. We're starting to dive! We're heading straight into the sun!
- Hey, how many escape capsules are there?
- None.
- Twice.
[...]
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