Got stuck on the Earth longer than I meant. Went for a week, got stuck for 15 years.
4 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 1 sitcom.
You can hear this line at 00:24:39.410 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.
Quote context
[...]
- We've only just arrived. Hadn't we better say hello and thank you, and things?
- Listen, this is a Vogon spaceship. We just pick up what we need, and then we get off it, right?
- Right.
- No.
- I told you. I'm a field researcher for the Guide.
- Got stuck on the Earth longer than I meant. Went for a week, got stuck for 15 years.
- How did you get here in the first place?
- Easy. Got a lift with a teaser.
- Teasers?
[...]
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