Excuse me? Are you telling me that we just stuck our thumbs out, and some green, bug-eyed monster popped his head out and said, 'Hi, fellas. Hop right in. I can take you as far as the Basingstoke roundabout'?

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

You can hear this line at 00:19:39.569 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- We're safe.

- Ah, good.

- We're in a cabin in one of the spaceships of the Vogon constructor fleet.

- Ah. This is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I hadn't previously been aware of.

- What are you doing?

- Looking for the light.

- How did we get here?

- Er... We hitched a lift.

- Excuse me? Are you telling me that we just stuck our thumbs out, and some green, bug-eyed monster popped his head out and said, 'Hi, fellas. Hop right in. I can take you as far as the Basingstoke roundabout'?

- Well, the thumb's an electronic sub-ether device, the roundabout's at Barnard's Star, but otherwise, that's more or less right.

- And the bug-eyed monster?

- Is green, yes.

- Fine. When can I go home?

- You can't.

- Good grief! Is this really the interior of a flying saucer?

- Yes. What do you think?

- Well, it's a bit squalid, isn't it?

[...]

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