They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the ravenous bug-blatter beast of trial, without orders...

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

You can hear this line at 00:21:55.280 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

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- Don't panic.

- Look. Fast-wind index. 'V.' Vogon Constructor Fleet. Enter that code, see what it says, and I'll keep watch.

- Vogon Constructor Fleets.

- Here is what to do if you want to get a lift from a Vogon... forget it.

- They're one of the most unpleasant races in the galaxy. Not actually evil, but bad-tempered, bureaucratic, officious, and callous.

- They wouldn't even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the ravenous bug-blatter beast of trial, without orders...

- Signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.

- The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down his throat.

- And the best way to annoy him is to feed his grandmother to the ravenous Bugblatter beast of Traal.

- What an extraordinary book.

[...]

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