Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor – at least no on… - Douglas Adams

Dirk turned on the car wipers, which grumbled because they didn't have quite enough rain to wipe away, so he turned them off again. Rain quickly speckled the windscreen. He turned on the wipers again, but they still refused to feel that the exercise was worthwhile, and scraped and squeaked in protest.

Zaphod marched quickly down the passageway, nervous as hell, but trying to hide it by striding purposefully.

He had a nasty feeling that that might be an idiotic thing to do, but he did it anyway, and sure enough it had turned out to be an idiotic thing to do. You live and learn. At any rate, you live.