The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

An excerpt from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Chapter 34).

It (a Blagulon Kappa policecraft) seemed somehow unnaturally dark and silent, even for a ship whose two-man crew was at that moment lying asphyxiated in a smoke-filled chamber several miles beneath the ground. It is one of those curious things that is impossible to explain or define, but one can sense when a ship is completely dead.

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'That ship hated me,' he (Marvin, the Paranoid Android) said dejectedly, indicating the policecraft.

'That ship?' said Ford in sudden excitement. 'What happened to it? Do you know?'

'It hated me because I talked to it'

'You talked to it?' exclaimed Ford. 'What do you mean you talked to it?'

'Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it,' said Marvin.

'And what happened?' pressed Ford.

'It committed suicide,' said Marvin, and stalked off back to the Heart of Gold.

If looks could kill? I think killing with words could actually be humanly possible. I wonder if I could ever kill anyone with the crap that comes out of my mouth, since I have the flair for talking too so much (see post below). Maybe the poor person listening to me will die of boredom *gigglez*.