“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.”
This quote has no known author and is recorded as an anonymous proverb.
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Adams gives the line to the normally devout Space Man, whose objection to the universe's arrangement becomes a defence of marriage and family against a hostile committee. The joke lands because the speaker accepts the rule and then complains about the consequences.
Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe