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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ‧ 1979
[The Guide] says that the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
This wildly exaggerated comparison describes an overwhelming effect by likening it to a bizarre, almost nonsensical act of violence, brains smashed by a lemon-wrapped brick. The absurd specificity of the image, oddly precise yet utterly impossible, is what makes the comparison so memorably funny.
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