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AnthillOmbudsman t1_j4xuwy9 wrote

Reply to comment by A_1337_Canadian in TIL that only about 4% of the Earth's surface has two points on opposite sides of the world that are both on land by A_1337_Canadian

"Are you trying to tell me," said Arthur, "that you made the Earth with hardly any land antipodes?"

"Oh yes," said Slartibartfast. "Did you ever go to a place…I think it was called Portugal?"

"No," said Arthur, "no, I didn’t."

"Pity." said Slartibartfast. "That antipode is in New Zealand. Which has fjords. I was going to have all the antipodes set up that way."

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EH6TunerDaniel t1_j4ytjx3 wrote

I really need to reread those books.

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mruserdude t1_j548o87 wrote

Where is this reference from?

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EH6TunerDaniel t1_j550wcr wrote

Slartibartfast is a planet designer from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series.

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mruserdude t1_j56i4qr wrote

Errmahgeerd!

Been too long since I’ve seen the movie and tv-series..

Been waiting to show the old tv-series to my S.O. This was probably what I needed to kick my ass into gear..

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Fskn t1_j51cs5l wrote

The antipode of new Zealand is in Spain not protugal unfortunately

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