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From: okie@ihuxi.UUCP (cobb)
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Subject: Re: Ford Prefect
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 10:57:25 EDT
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> 	  In Hitchhikers, it says that Ford Prefect had  mistakenly
> chosen  his  name  to  be "especially inconspicuous".  What is it
> about the name that makes it overly conspicuous...?

Ever read "Brave New World?"  One of the major characters in that
book is a man named Ford Prefect...

B.K.Cobb
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