And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. Many were increasingl… - Douglas Adams

And so the problem remained; lots of people were mean, and most were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

Who is this god person anyway?

The President in particular is very much a figurehead — he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. On those criteria Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the most successful Presidents the Galaxy has ever had — he has already spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.

The light was only just visible - except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.