Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible …

Douglas Adams
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Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. ✨ Douglas Adams (2016). Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, p.178, Simon and Schuster
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