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Originally Posted by Douglas Adams
There are reportedly three †˜ArksâÃà ‚¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€ž ¢: the †˜Aââ ‚¬â„Ãâ €šÂ¢ Ark, which contains all the brilliant thinkers; the †˜Cââ ‚¬â„Ãâ €šÂ¢ Ark, which contains the workers; and the †˜Bââ ‚¬â„Ãâ €šÂ¢ Ark - theirs - which contains all the middle-men. Oddly, neither the Captain or any of his officers can agree on what the impending disaster was, as they all heard differing reports; Ford and Arthur immediately realise that the whole thing was merely a ploy by the Golgafrinchams to rid themselves of the useless third of their population (although the †˜Hitch Hikerââ‚ÆšÂ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s Guide to the Galaxyââ‚Ãâ €šÂ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢ tells us that the Golgafrinchams all died out from a virulent disease, ironically contracted from a dirty telephone handset).
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