imaginary friends to fill the void that is your gaping gash.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
In the Hitchhiker's Guide (or whichever sequel), who is going to be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes?

• The Encyclopaedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation [Ed.: makers of Marvin the Paranoid Android] defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With."
  
  The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes," with a footnote to the effect that the editors would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over the post of robotics correspondent.
  
  Curiously enough, an edition of the Encyclopaedia Galactica that had the good fortune to fall through a time warp from a thousand years in the future defined the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came."