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Old 11-17-2010, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway View Post
haha .. well could be worse, it could play the Macarena instead of ringing a bell

Didn't Marvin the paranoid android from hitch-hikers guide have a similar complaint about doors ?
The movie had :
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Ghastly, isn't it? All the doors on this spaceship have been programmed to have a cheery and sunny disposition.
The book :
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"Ghastly," continued Marvin, "it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door," he said, stepping through it. The irony circuits cut into his voice modulator as he mimicked the style of the sales brochure. "All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done."
As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed have a satisfied sigh-like quality to it. "Hummmmmmmyummmmmmm ah!" it said.