tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710523.post3809882314988816164..comments2024-02-28T09:55:43.569+01:00Comments on Omid Abroad: Explorin' ExeterOmid Abroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03721445774387282643noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710523.post-69613853364400643432007-09-18T01:13:00.000+02:002007-09-18T01:13:00.000+02:00Adams claimed that the title came from a 1971 inci...Adams claimed that the title came from a 1971 incident while he was hitch-hiking around Europe as a young man with a copy of the Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe book, and while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck with a copy of the book and looking up at the stars, thought it would be a good idea for someone to write a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy as well. However, he later claimed that he had told this story so many times that he had forgotten the incident itself, and only remembered himself telling the story. His friends are quoted as saying that Adams mentioned the idea of "hitch-hiking around the galaxy" to them while on holiday in Greece, in 1973.Jake "The Fatty"https://www.blogger.com/profile/03179361202549394750noreply@blogger.com