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  • Bad points: maybe too slick to be truly ironic, Ford Prefect is American (that's not an anti-American statement, but it doesn't quite sit right with the parochial nature of the opening Earth section), Zaphod's second head is mostly hidden, Marvin - depite my early thoughts - doesn't look right (from the 2 seconds you can see him in this) and the music ...

    Archive 2005-02-01 Jonathan 2005

  • Bad points: maybe too slick to be truly ironic, Ford Prefect is American (that's not an anti-American statement, but it doesn't quite sit right with the parochial nature of the opening Earth section), Zaphod's second head is mostly hidden, Marvin - depite my early thoughts - doesn't look right (from the 2 seconds you can see him in this) and the music ...

    New Hitchhiker's Trailer (updated) Jonathan 2005

  • Jonathan is on guard now, only momentarily thrown off by the transliterated spelling, and quickly decodes "depite," despite itself, as "deputy": the common name that allows him to track down another informant.

    Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian 2008

  • When I asked the man who came to the door for the "depite," he shook his head, and said: I dunno 'im.

    Dracula 1897

  • When I asked the man who came to the door for the "depite," he shook his head, and said, "I dunno 'im.

    Dracula Bram Stoker 1879

  • I would rather keep the democrats in office rather that electing republicans for doing nothing depite full pay and health benefits they get from tax payers.

    McConnell tells GOP: Vote no on Wall Street bill 2010

  • I would rather keep the democrats in office rather that electing republicans for doing nothing depite full pay and health benefits they get from tax payers.

    McConnell tells GOP: Vote no on Wall Street bill 2010

  • I would rather keep the democrats in office rather that electing republicans for doing nothing depite full pay and health benefits they get from tax payers. kravitz

    Gingrich: 'You can't govern by saying no' 2010

  • I would rather keep the democrats in office rather that electing republicans for doing nothing depite full pay and health benefits they get from tax payers.

    McConnell tells GOP: Vote no on Wall Street bill 2010

  • I would rather keep the democrats in office rather that electing republicans for doing nothing depite full pay and health benefits they get from tax payers.

    McConnell tells GOP: Vote no on Wall Street bill 2010

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