Oh ... I LOVED Hitchiker's Guide!!  

I couldn't get past one point where I had a "locked" door and no key.  So, one night I got really plastered and when the game said the door was locked, I just kept typing "open the door" .... must have typed it about 12 times ... no reason why other than I was faced.

On the 12th (or so) try, the game suddenly said "The door opens ... we lied about it being locked".  

Once I realized that I was playing a game that would actually lie to you ... all bets were off.

Could be worse, could be raining.