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From: bruce@stc.UUCP (Bruce Munro)
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Subject: Re: Ford Prefect
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Date: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:08:10 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 27 06:08:10 1985
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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?

It's a type of car, Ford Prefects were around in the 50's and 60's
I think.

What I could never work out was how Zaphod Beeblebrox knew Ford was
called Ford as he hadn't seen him since before Ford arrived on the
Earth.
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Regards,
Bruce Munro.  
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