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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
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Subject: Re: Ford Prefect
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Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 11:20:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 25 11:20:40 1985
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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 conpicuous?   
> 
> 				Jeff Sparkes
> 				garfield!jeff1

The Ford Prefect was apparently a hideously popular auto marketed
by the Ford Motor Company in Great Britain.  I'm not sure where
I heard this, but it may have been the interview with Douglas
Adams in a recent MacWorld magazine.


Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

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