“Wowee,” said Zaphod. “Zappo,” said Ford. “My great-granddaddy must have really screwed up the computer’s works, you know,” said Zaphod. “I told it to take us to the nearest place to eat and it sends us to the End of the Universe. Remind me to be nice to it one day.” He paused. “Hey, everybody’s here you know. Everybody who was anybody.” “Was?” said Arthur. “At the End of the Universe you have to use the past tense a lot,” said Zaphod, “ ’cause everything’s been done, you know. Hi, guys,”
