2006-07-18 10:30:43 · 7 answers · asked by Pebbles 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It doesn't come from anywhere -- that's the beauty of it!
It sounds so familiar that people have expended massive Internet resources on tracking it down, but without success.
There are a host of guesses; the most popular seem to be The Simpsons, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Monty Python. Wrong.
2006-07-25 18:12:16 · answer #1 · answered by vanewimsey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's actually in the script of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie, but not found in the actual book anywhere.
Arthur Dent: That's wonderful. But what does it do?
Slartibartfast: That's the beauty of it. It doesn't do anything!
2006-07-26 03:44:57 · answer #2 · answered by kpmgsn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignatz Johnson
2006-07-18 17:33:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowhere, probably. Some time around 2004, someone posted the question somewhere online, and everyone asked was _sure_ they'd heard it somewhere - but they could never confirm it.
2006-07-19 12:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by peri_renna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhh I think I heard that one on Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ...the older version with Jean Wilder
2006-07-26 01:16:18 · answer #5 · answered by delta_college_chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not from me nor from you!
It is a misquoted one & it comes from ignorance of the right quote.
2006-07-26 12:46:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it was said by adam about eve
2006-07-18 17:34:30 · answer #7 · answered by qpistol 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋