As a comedian he “worked clean” and had such a great reputation – until the truth came out. Like with Woody Allen, it’s sad to lose good work because the creator was a bad person.
I have always wondered if Adams had some inspiration from Wodehouse: “A planter, apparently, does not consider he has had a drink unless it contains at least seven ingredients, and I’m not saying, mind you, that he isn’t right. The man behind the bar told us the things were called Green Swizzles; and, if ever I marry and have a son, Green Swizzle Wooster is the name that will go down in the register.”
“‘Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.’”
“Work hard and you’ll grow into something more / be promoted / improve yourself”. Sometimes it happens; OTOH there are a lot of people who feel like they just put in their work at drudgery and achieve little.
Not all who wander are lost. Perhaps they call him “The Wanderer,” because he roams aound around around? Or “The Happy Wanderer”, useless knees, val dera, useless knees,Val-dera-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha …
I don’t understand why people voluntarily subject themselves to Prohibition rather than aim at sensible moderation.