25th May is Towel Day, in honour of Douglas Adams, a hoopy frood who nevertheless often mislaid his towel.
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1. Supermarket Self Service: select personality: 1. HAL 2. Marvin (the paranoid android) 3. **Dalek** 4. Matrix (I have a bad feeling about this)
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6. NEVER ARGUE WITH A MACHINE -- THAT CONTROLS A LASER
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6. NEVER ARGUE WITH A MACHINE -- THAT CONTROLS A LASER
Please forgive an ignorant colonial: What in the world is a hoopy frood? Douglas Adams = Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, right?
nothing to forgive. You are right, and the original link to Towel Day explains it all!
Aha! Missed the highlighted Towel Day. Have checked it out and now comprehend. It’s been far, far, too long since I’ve read the Guide. And I’ve missed Towel Day! Drat. Maybe next year.
These machines seem easily surprised, often declaring products that the shop sells as “unexpected items in the bagging area”. How unexpected can they really be and shouldn’t the incredulity wear off after a while? I think if they were all Marvins they might go into an infinite do loop at the prospect