日本科幻文学 经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第2章7

经典科幻文学:《宇宙尽头的餐馆》第2章7  

“Share and enjoy
” the machine repeated and provided him with another one.
“Share and Enjoy” is the pany motto of the hugely successful Sirius Cyberics Corporation Complaints division
which now covers the major land masses of three medium sized plas and is the only part of the Corporation to have shown a consistent profit in recent years.
The motto stands – or rather stood – in three mile high illuminated letters near the Complaints Department spaceport on Eadrax. Unfortunately its weight was such that shortly after it was erected
the ground beneath the letters caved in and they dropped for nearly half their length through the offices of many talented young plaints executives – now deceased.
The protruding upper halves of the letters now appear
in the local language
to read “Go stick your head in a pig”
and are no longer illuminated
except at times of special celebration.
Arthur threw away a sixth cup of the liquid.
“Listen
you machine
” he said
“you claim you can synthesize any drink in existence
so why do you keep giving me the same undrinkable stuff?”
“Nutrition and pleasurable sense data
” burbled the machine. “Share and Enjoy.”
“It tastes filthy!”