Citroën 2CV which had had one careful owner but also three suicidally reckless ones." - Meaning and context.">
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Ch. 11
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It was a battered yellow Citroën 2CV which had had one careful owner but also three suicidally reckless ones.

— Douglas Adams

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It was a battered yellow Citroën 2CV which had had one careful owner but also three suicidally reckless ones." in the context of "Ch. 11" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Douglas Adams" (Quotes, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Douglas Adams

About Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams (Kkc2 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and satirist, best known for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts and books.