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Originally Posted by tompe
That is one of the jokes I missed. I still do not get it. Googling indicates it has something to do with half a dent. So what is the pun?
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Slartibartfast: Come. Come now or you will be late.
Arthur: Late? What for?
Slartibartfast: What is your name, human?
Arthur: Dent. Arthur Dent.
Slartibartfast: Late as in the late Dentarthurdent. It's a sort of threat, you see. I've never been terribly good at them myself but I'm told they can be terribly effective.
No complex or obscure wordplay. Just an alien's take on language. Funny to read, like when Ford described the unpleasant feeling of being drunk. But discussing it is like dissecting a frog.