“Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.”

—  Douglas Adams

As quoted in Don't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Companion (1988) by Neil Gaiman

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English writer and humorist 1952–2001

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