Eventually, of course, after their galaxy had been decimated over a few thousand years, it was realised that the whole thing had been a ghastly mistake.

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9 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 4 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:21:48.733 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

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- In a cloud of green sweet-smelling steam, and with one million sleek, horribly be-weaponed star-cruisers poised to unleash electric death at his single word of command, challenged the vile creature to take back what it had said about his mother.

- The creature stirred in its sickly, broiling vapor.

- At that very moment, the words, 'I seem to be having this tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle', drifted across the table.

- Unfortunately, in the Vl'hurg tongue, this was the most dreadful insult imaginable. And there was nothing for it but to fight terrible war.

(STARSHIPS SHOOTING IN ARCADE GAME)

- Eventually, of course, after their galaxy had been decimated over a few thousand years, it was realised that the whole thing had been a ghastly mistake.

- And so, the two opposing battle fleets settled their few remaining differences in order to launch a joint attack on our galaxy, now positively identified as the source of the offending remark.

- For thousands more years, the mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space, and finally dived screaming onto the planet Earth, where, due to a terrible miscalculation of scale, the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog.

- Those who study the complex interplay of cause and effect in the history of the Universe say that this sort of thing is going on all the time, but that they are powerless to prevent it.

- Meanwhile, Arthur Dent is about to be confronted with the terrible reality of all that he has so far learnt.

- Arthur, you're safe!

- Am I? Oh, good.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Sound Clip

The funniest lines and quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1981 TV Series, with sound clips.

Actors: Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), David Dixon (Ford Prefect), David Learner (Marvin the Paranoid Android), Peter Jones (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book), Sandra Dickinson (Trillian Astra), Mark Wing-Davey (Zaphod Beeblebrox), David Tate (Eddie the Computer), Martin Benson (Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz), Richard Evelyn Vernon (Slartibartfast), Valentine Dyall (Deep Thought)

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