Douglas Adams Continuum (DAC)

Wait, You did it again! You're Gilks in that version as well, aren't You? Anyway, the Dirk-lines are now comprehensible! All hail the rain god!

I see. Well, I would have pronounced it like tz-yellee... Khm...

£50? Maybe..?

Gordon: Bloody self-service petrol stations. I’m Gordon Way,dammit, not the obedient slave of the government.

Geek (Guy een Kiosk): Sir, you’re next.

Gordon: I’m with that large, silver-grey Mercedes. Full tank. How much is it, stout yeoman, you Lord Byron of the till?

(Geek says a price that is quite reasonable in the UK nowadays.)

Gordon: There you go, keep the change.

Geek: What, from a fiver, sir?

Gordon: I said keep the change, sonny. Oh and I need a couple of local maps as well.

Geek: That will be 2 pounds, sir.

Gordon: Now you know what to spend the change on.

Geek: I mean *plus* 2 pounds, sir.

(Pause.)

FX: Gordon pulls out some coins.

Gordon: There you go, you insolent little acne-collection. Keep the change.

Geek: Erm, thank you sir.

Gordon: You seem to be a rather polite young blister… Are you interested in computers?

Geek: Absolutely, sir.

Gordon: So I’ve guessed. I have got to tell you something: parallel processing is going to be the key to really intuitive productivity software, but also strongly doubting whether artificial intelligence research per se, particularly artificial intelligence research based on the ProLog language, is really going to produce any serious commercially viable products in the foreseeable future, at least as far as the office desk top environment is concerned. I suspect this fascinates you then.

Geek: You have saliva on your chin, sir.

Gordon: Really? Does this really matter?

Geek: It depends on who your next partner in chatting is.

Gordon: (Kidding) Lord Emsworth.

Geek: Then I suppose you should…

Gordon: Of course, bye.

FX: Gordon gets out of bloody kiosk.

GORDON
Bloody self-service petrol stations. I’m Gordon Way, dammit, not the obedient slave of the government.

GEEK (GUY EEN KIOSK)
Sir, you’re next.

GORDON
I’m with that large, silver-grey Mercedes. Full tank. How much is it, stout yeoman, you Lord Byron of the till?

GEEK
50 pounds exactly, sir.

GORDON
There you go, keep the change.

GEEK
What, from a hundred quid, sir?

GORDON
I said keep the change, sonny. Oh and I need a couple of local maps as well.

Waux, I have never heard "quid" used in the US. I have always thought of it as slang for "pound". Also, quid is both singular and plural, so "quids" is not a word. Quote would be: " What? From fifty quid?"

Oooh, didn't know that. Thanks, vaga.

Must be a Hungarian thing!

Quid has several meanings:

* Means "What" in Latin; in a deeper sense it refers to the core meaning of that something.
* A small, circular item similar to a dollar; for example, sand dollars
* British slang for one pound sterling (£), originally referring to the pound note (plural is quid, not quids, despite the expression "quids in", referring to a financially positive end to a transaction or venture). The Irish pound and the Australian pound were also referred to by this name. Can also refer to Euro currency in Ireland, although the term yo-yo has also been coined for the euro.
* A French thematic encyclopedia, published annually by Robert Laffont.
* An abbreviation of the Latin tertium quid, meaning "third party" and used to denote an anti-Madison part of the United States Republican Party between 1805 and 1811.
* A piece of tobacco, small enough to be chewed.