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Help[Opinions] Zaphod
OK, I love Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and I love the name and character of Zaphod Beeblebrox.
What do you think of Zaphod, and usable in real life or not?
What do you think of Zaphod, and usable in real life or not?
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Frank Zappa approves! I don't.
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Only if the baby has two heads.
:D
:D
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And a Third Arm
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sounds like a Zappa child
I like it
I like it
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I thought Zaphod Beeblebrox was a sort of satire of scifi characters like Jerry Cornelius and Louis Wu ... miss-the-mark "Mary Sues" that make you wonder, how on earth does this apparently dorky, heavily-modified-to-be-fabulous guy get all these adventures and get laid so much. So ... no, I wouldn't inflict the image on a son.
But I did have a thing for Zaphod (at least until I saw the TV version), and for his name, too. It's very snappy. It's the kind of thing I might rename myself, as sort of a self-deprecating in-joke for nerds, if I were a very quirky man approaching middle age.
But I did have a thing for Zaphod (at least until I saw the TV version), and for his name, too. It's very snappy. It's the kind of thing I might rename myself, as sort of a self-deprecating in-joke for nerds, if I were a very quirky man approaching middle age.
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re: first paragraph: I love that about him SO MUCH
OP: If "usable" means, like, not ridiculous, then no, it's not usable. But if you mean, Can it be used? then yeah, it's fine, and tons of fun. I'm sort of feeling myself falling into a space-phase with names, actually. How about Zaphod as a middle name. Otto Zaphod. heh heh
OP: If "usable" means, like, not ridiculous, then no, it's not usable. But if you mean, Can it be used? then yeah, it's fine, and tons of fun. I'm sort of feeling myself falling into a space-phase with names, actually. How about Zaphod as a middle name. Otto Zaphod. heh heh
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