Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bmcg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!bmcg!yrdbrd From: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Ford Prefect Message-ID: <1722@bmcg.UUCP> Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 17:13:16 EDT Article-I.D.: bmcg.1722 Posted: Thu Jun 27 17:13:16 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Jul-85 06:26:04 EDT References: <3139@garfield.UUCP> Reply-To: yrdbrd@bmcg.UUCP (Larry J. Huntley) Distribution: net Organization: Burroughs Corp. ASG, San Diego, CA. Lines: 29 Summary: In article <3139@garfield.UUCP> jeff1@garfield.UUCP (Jeff Sparkes) writes: > > 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 conpicuous? It's a little >strange, but not THAT strange. Is this some British joke that >I'm not aware of? > > > Jeff Sparkes > garfield!jeff1 > "Ford Prefect" is the name of an automobile built by English Ford. Choosing this for a name has the same effect as an American author naming a character "Chevrolet Malibu" or (as in Frank Zappa's case) "Studebaker Hawk." 'brd -- Larry J. Huntley Burroughs Corporation Advanced Systems Group MS-703 10850 Via Frontera San Diego, CA 92128 (619) 485-4544 "Just call, and tell them how you feel about muffins...pumpkins... waxed paper...Caledonia Mahogany Elbows...and Green Things in general...and soon -- a new rapport..." -Francis Vincent Zappa