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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · 1979
"Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out!"
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker exclaims to Ford that infinitely many monkeys outside want to discuss a Hamlet script they have produced. The emphatic announcement presents an absurd fictional claim without specifying a calm delivery or confirming that such a gathering occurs.
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