- A second later, and they'd have been dead.
- Yeah. So, if you'd taken the trouble to think about it a moment longer, it would have gone away, right?
6 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 2 sitcom.
You can hear this line at 00:21:05.439 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.
Quote context
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- Just a couple of guys we picked up in open space. Sector ZZ9 Plural 2 Alpha.
- Yeah, well, that's a very sweet thought, Trillian, but do you really think it's wise, right now?
- Okay, so, 10 out of 10 for style, but minus several million for good thinking, huh?
- They were floating unprotected in open space. You didn't want them to die, did you?
- Well, no, not as such, but, you know...
- A second later, and they'd have been dead.
- Anyway, I didn't pick them up. The ship did, all by itself.
- The ship picked them up all by Itself.
- Oh, forget it, and go back to sleep, will you?
- Hey...
- We picked them up while we were in Infinite Improbability Drive.
- No, just very, very improbable.
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