The only thing nicer than a phone that didn't ring all the time (or in…

Douglas Adams
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The only thing nicer than a phone that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all) was six phones that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all). ✨ Douglas Adams (2012). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five, p.292, Pan Macmillan
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The only thing nicer than a phone that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all) was six phones that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all). ✨ Douglas Adams (2012). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five, p.292, Pan Macmillan

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