- Drink up. You've got three pints to get through.
- Three pints? At lunch time?
- Time is an illusion. Lunch time doubly so.

Arthur Dent (Simon Jones), Ford Prefect (David Dixon)

7 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 1 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:11:35.821 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- Six pints of bitter, and quickly, please. The world's about to end.

- Yes, sir. Nice weather for it.

- Going to the match this afternoon, sir?

- No, no point.

- Foregone conclusion, then, eh? Arsenal without a chance?

- No, it's just the world's about to end.

- Oh, yes, sir, so you said. Lucky escape for Arsenal if it did!

- No, not really.

- There you are, sir, six pints.

- Keep the change.

- What, from a fiver, sir? Thank you, sir!

- You've got 10 minutes left to spend it.

- Will you please tell me what the hell's going on? I think I'm beginning to lose my grip on the day.

- Drink up. You've got three pints to get through.

- Three pints? At lunch time?

- Time is an illusion. Lunch time doubly so.

- Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader's Digest. They've got a page for people like you.

- Drink up!

- Why three pints?

- Muscle relaxant. You're going to need it.

- Did I do something wrong this morning or has the world always been like this, and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?

- I'll try to explain.

[...]