Ford Prefect, whose name was mistakenly chosen for its blend-in-with-the-humans factor, is a roving researcher for this very guidebook. A Betelgeusian by chance and a hitchhiker by choice, Ford has made hopping across galaxies more of a lifestyle than a mode of travel. His knack for sipping at the oddest of local beverages and diving into the heart of galactic troubles has made him quite the interstellar nomad you'll ever fail to meet, unless you happen to be an ape-descendant from an insignificant blue-green planet orbiting a small unregarded yellow sun.
If you chance upon Ford Prefect, do not, under any circumstances, allow him to buy you a Pangalactic Gargle Blaster. It's for the safety of your sanity (and your sinuses).
Ford can occasionally be found hitchhiking the starways near the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy. More often, his whereabouts are as predictable as a quantum state particle in zero gravity.
Avoid expressing disbelief in the existence of extraterrestrials or mistaking his Electronic Thumb for a quirky new-age fashion accessory. Both are likely to get you inadvertently whisked away to the nearest black hole for educative purposes.
Ford Prefect was once voted 'Most Likely to be Misplaced in Time and Space' by his graduating class at the Betelgeuse Five Collapsing Star Party School. He wore the title with pride, and now occasionally with a weird hat he found in a temporal anomaly.
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