Ah, this is futile! 573 committee meetings, you haven't even discovered fire yet!

— Ford Prefect (David Dixon)

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6 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 6 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:24:24.820 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

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- On a prehistoric planet?

- Uh-uh, address the chair.

- There isn't a chair, there's only a rock.

- Well, call it a chair.

- Why not call it a rock?

- Will you two shut up? I want to table a motion.

- Boulder a motion, you mean.

- Thank you, I made that point.

- Order, order.

- Look, if I could just say...

- Order, order.

- I would like to call to order the 573rd meeting of the Colonization Committee of the planet of Fintlewoodlewix.

- Ah, this is futile! 573 committee meetings, you haven't even discovered fire yet!

- If you would care to look at the agenda, you will see that we're having a report from the Hairdressers' Fire Development Subcommittee today.

- That's you? What have you done?

- Well... They gave me a couple of sticks.

- Curling tongs? You're going to die out. You know that, don't you?

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