On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Sven wrote:

That was something like "Throwing yourself at the ground and missing",
right? It's been quite a while since I read those books...

I'm not sure this is 100% accurate, but:

"There is an art... to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw
yourself at the ground and miss."

A quick googling has given me half a dozen different 'missing the ground'
quotes from Hitchhiker's Guide, though. The above is the one I've got on
my PC desktop right now, though.

Brian.


"Larry Fransson" wrote in message
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On 2003-11-02 15:42:49 -0800, (null) said:

To be "in orbit" essentially means that you are constantly falling but
always "missing" the Earth!

This is similar to the way Douglas Adams explains flying. He wasn't too
far off.

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Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA