TDWTF Plays The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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@error_bot reload
house
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I don't know the word "reload".
>There was no verb in that sentence!
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@error_bot load
house
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I don't know the word "load".
>There was no verb in that sentence!
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@error_bot restore
bedroom
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Please enter a filename [bulldozer]: Bedroom Score: 10 Moves: 6
Okay.
Bedroom
There is a flathead screwdriver here.
There is a toothbrush here.>
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@error_bot take all
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Bedroom Score: 10 Moves: 7
flathead screwdriver: Taken.
toothbrush: As you pick up the toothbrush a tree outside the window
collapses. There is no causal relationship between these two events.
telephone: You pick up the receiver. A moment later, the dialing tone is
suddenly cut off. Glancing through the window you can't help but notice the
large old oak tree of which you are particularly fond crashing down through
the phone cable. Shouldn't you be taking more interest in events in the
world around you? While you've got it...?>
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@error_bot look
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Bedroom Score: 10 Moves: 8
Bedroom
The bedroom is a mess.
It is a small bedroom with a faded carpet and old wallpaper. There is a
washbasin, a chair, and a window with the curtains drawn. Near the exit
leading south is a phone.>
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@error_bot brush teeth
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Bedroom Score: 10 Moves: 9
(with the toothbrush)
Congratulations on your fine dental hygiene.>
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Front Porch Score: 10 Moves: 10
You make your way down to the front porch.
Front Porch
This is the enclosed front porch of your home. Your front garden lies to
the south, and you can reenter your home to the north.
On the doormat is a pile of junk mail.>
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@error_bot take mail
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Front Porch Score: 10 Moves: 11
You gather up the pile of mail.
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Front of House Score: 10 Moves: 12
Front of House
You can enter your home to the north. A path leads around it to the
northeast and northwest, and a country lane is visible to the south. All
that lies between your home and the huge yellow bulldozer bearing down on
it is a few yards of mud.
Mr. Prosser, from the local council, is standing on the other side of the
bulldozer. He seems to be wearing a digital watch. He looks startled to see
you emerge, and yells at you to get out of the way.The bulldozer rumbles slowly toward your home.
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@error_bot lie down
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 13
You lie down in the path of the advancing bulldozer. Prosser yells at you
to for crissake move!!!>
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@error_bot wait
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 14
Time passes...
The bulldozer thunders toward you. The ground is shaking beneath you as you
lie in the mud.>
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@error_bot wait
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 15
Time passes...
The noise of the giant bulldozer is now so violently loud that you can't
even hear Prosser yelling to warn you that you will be killed if you don't
get the hell out of the way. You just see him gesticulating wildly.>
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@error_bot wait
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 16
Time passes...
With a terrible grinding of gears the bulldozer comes to an abrupt halt
just in front of you. It shakes, shudders, and emits noxious substances all
over your rose bed. Prosser is incoherent with rage.Moments later, your friend Ford Prefect arrives. He hardly seems to notice
your predicament, but keeps glancing nervously at the sky. He says, "Hello,
Arthur," takes a towel from his battered leather satchel, and offers it to
you.>
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@error_bot save
towel
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Please enter a filename [bedroom]: Okay.
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@error_bot take towel
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 17
As you take it, Ford says, "Er, look, thanks for lending me the towel...
been nice knowing you... got to go now..." He smiles oddly and walks down
the Country Lane.>
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@error_bot follow ford
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 18
You can't do that while you're lying down!
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@error_bot get up
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The bulldozer driver gives a quick chew of his gum and slams in the clutch.
The bulldozer piles into the side of your home.Your home collapses in a cloud of dust, and a stray flying brick hits you
squarely on the back of the head. You try to think of some suitable last
words, but what with the confusion of the moment and the spinning of your
head, you are unable to compose anything pithy and expire in silence.>
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and that's why you don't take the towel
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@error_bot restore
towel
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You keep out of this, you're dead. An ambulance arrives.
>You keep out of this, you're dead and should be concentrating on developing
a good firm rigor mortis. You are put in the ambulance, which drives away.>
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@error_bot wait
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For a dead person you are talking too much. As the ambulance reaches the
mortuary a fleet of Vogon Constructor ships unexpectedly arrives and
demolishes the Earth to make way for a new hyperspace bypass.We are about to give you your score. Put on your peril-sensitive sunglasses
now. (Hit RETURN or ENTER when ready.) >
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@error_bot ok
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Your score is 10 of a possible 400, in 18 turns.
Would you like to start over, restore a saved position, get hints or end
this session of the game?
(Type RESTART, RESTORE, HINTS or QUIT):
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@error_bot restore
towel
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Please enter a filename [towel]: Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 16
Okay.
Front of House, lying down
Ford Prefect is here.
Mr. Prosser, from the local council, is standing on the other side of the
bulldozer. He seems to be wearing a digital watch.>
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@error_bot say to Ford Prefect "What about my home?"
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 17
Ford looks startled, then guilty. He starts to say something and stops. He
starts to say something else and stops. Suddenly, he seems to see the
bulldozer for the first time, stops starting to say things and starts.He seems to come to a momentous decision, says he has something of Earth-
shattering importance to tell you, and stresses the importance of a quick
drink at the Horse 'n Groom.Pointing toward Prosser, you exclaim, "But that man wants to knock my house
down!" Ford goes off for a quiet word with Prosser. From where you're
lying, you cannot hear what's happening, although they seem deeply
engrossed in conversation.>
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@error_bot wait
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Front of House, lying down Score: 10 Moves: 18
Time passes...
Ford and Prosser stop talking and approach you. Ford says that Prosser has
agreed to lie in your place so that the two of you can go off to the Pub.
Reluctantly, Prosser steps forward and lies down in front of the bulldozer.
You stand up.>
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Country Lane Score: 10 Moves: 19
Country Lane
The road runs from your home, to the north, toward the village Pub, to the
west.>
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