Editing Zaphod Beeblebrox (section)

==Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster==
Zaphod is the inventor of the '''Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster''', a [[List of fictional beverages|fictional cocktail]] based on Janx Spirit. The series describes the drink as "the alcoholic equivalent of a mugging – expensive and bad for the head" and states that the effect of one "is like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick". In the television series, two Gargle Blaster drinkers collapse in open-eyed unconsciousness after drinking while the spilled drink burns a hole in the floor; in the film, after the Guide is done explaining what the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is and its effects, Ford and Zaphod yell in pain. ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' gives the recipe as follows:

<blockquote>
:"Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
:Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V
:Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the [[benzene]] is lost).
:Allow four litres of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it (in memory of all those happy Hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia).
:Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones.
:Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian suns deep into the heart of the drink.
:Sprinkle Zamphuor.
:Add an olive.
:Drink...but ''very carefully.''"</blockquote>

The Guide also implies that there are multiple voluntary organisations available to rehabilitate those who would try the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.  Real versions of the drink have been made available at some stage shows of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', as well as bars such as [[Zaphod Beeblebrox (nightclub)|Zaphod Beeblebrox]] in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In an interview, Douglas Adams stated that there are a number of environmental and weapons treaties, as well as laws of physics, which prevent the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster from being mixed on Earth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slashdot.org/interviews/00/06/21/1217242.shtml/|title=Douglas Adams Answers (Finally) - Slashdot|date=21 June 2000 }}</ref>