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Jimmy Buffett and the Shoe Event Horizon

Posted on March 14, 2010 By Tom No Comments on Jimmy Buffett and the Shoe Event Horizon
Miscellaneous, Weirdness

In Douglas Adam’s original radio play “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, Arthur Dent eventually lands on the planet Brontitall.  There he discovers a super-evolved race of bird creatures with a painful past. On Brontitall the main industry was the production of shoes.  Eventually the economy reached the “Shoe Event Horizon” where it became economically … Read More “Jimmy Buffett and the Shoe Event Horizon” »

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