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Kåre Fiedler Christiansen  
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 More options Aug 3 2004, 1:18 pm
Newsgroups: alt.fan.douglas-adams
From: Kåre Fiedler Christiansen <n...@kaarefc.dk>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 19:18:53 +0200
Local: Tues, Aug 3 2004 1:18 pm
Subject: Re: Deadlines quote source?
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Lee K. Seitz wrote:

<snip>

>>>And my favorite:

>>>"Don't believe anything you read on the net.  Except this.  Well,
>>>including this, I suppose."
>>>     -- Douglas Adams, alt.fan.douglas-adams, 13 Sep 1998

>>Ah - I remember that one. That was from the posting where he denied that
>>Oprah Winfrey would play Arthur Dent, wasn't it?

> Jim Carrey, actually.  (I had to look it up.)

Well, yes, of course, but wasn't it that posting that wen't on with "the
experiment" of denying Oprah Winfrey playing Arthur?

I'll have to look it up too, now.

Yes. Yes it is! It went like this at the end of the posting:

     "I'd like to try a little experiment, and here it is.

     I hereby categorically deny that the part of Arthur Dent is going to
     be played by Oprah Winfrey.

     Now. Let's see..."

For reference, see

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=905699100.11791.0.nnrp-01.9e9810...

Best
   Kaare


 
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