What does “Sund, explns.” mean in one of the Hitchhiker's guide books?
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In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.
... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
explns.” at five times the price.
I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?
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In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.
... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
explns.” at five times the price.
I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?
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In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.
... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
explns.” at five times the price.
I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?
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In the second book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, contractors were told not to install a teleporter into a ship that's going to be sent into the sun. They did it anyway and put it in for 5x the price under "Sndry, explns." in the bill.
... the foreman had explained that the accountant could go and boil his
head and the accountant had explained to the foreman that the thing
approaching him rapidly from his left was a knuckle sandwich. After
the explanations had been concluded, work was discontinued on the
teleport which subsequently passed unnoticed on the invoice as “Sund,
explns.” at five times the price.
I get that the first part is "sundry", but what is "explns"?
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Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.
Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be
"sundry explanations"
otherwise known as
"various excuses"
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I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
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@FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.
– theonlygusti
2 days ago
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@theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
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@FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)
– Valorum
2 days ago
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It's a pun. The contractor is charging for the "sundry explanations" (the argument and fistfight) but the charge went unnoticed on the invoice because to the accountant it looked at first glance like the more usual "sundry expenses".
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Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.
Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be
"sundry explanations"
otherwise known as
"various excuses"
answered 2 days ago
ValorumValorum
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I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
1
@FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.
– theonlygusti
2 days ago
4
@theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
2
@FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)
– Valorum
2 days ago
6
It's a pun. The contractor is charging for the "sundry explanations" (the argument and fistfight) but the charge went unnoticed on the invoice because to the accountant it looked at first glance like the more usual "sundry expenses".
– Robyn
yesterday
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Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.
Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be
"sundry explanations"
otherwise known as
"various excuses"
answered 2 days ago
ValorumValorum
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I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
1
@FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.
– theonlygusti
2 days ago
4
@theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
2
@FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)
– Valorum
2 days ago
6
It's a pun. The contractor is charging for the "sundry explanations" (the argument and fistfight) but the charge went unnoticed on the invoice because to the accountant it looked at first glance like the more usual "sundry expenses".
– Robyn
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.
Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be
"sundry explanations"
otherwise known as
"various excuses"
answered 2 days ago
ValorumValorum
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Expln is a common abbreviation of the word "explain" found in programming and legal language. Presumably explns would be explanations.
Coupled with sundry (sndry), this would be
"sundry explanations"
otherwise known as
"various excuses"
answered 2 days ago
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I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
1
@FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.
– theonlygusti
2 days ago
4
@theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
2
@FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)
– Valorum
2 days ago
6
It's a pun. The contractor is charging for the "sundry explanations" (the argument and fistfight) but the charge went unnoticed on the invoice because to the accountant it looked at first glance like the more usual "sundry expenses".
– Robyn
yesterday
|
show 1 more comment
4
I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
1
@FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.
– theonlygusti
2 days ago
4
@theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
2
@FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)
– Valorum
2 days ago
6
It's a pun. The contractor is charging for the "sundry explanations" (the argument and fistfight) but the charge went unnoticed on the invoice because to the accountant it looked at first glance like the more usual "sundry expenses".
– Robyn
yesterday
4
4
I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
I've deleted my answer as Valorum's is much more correct.
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
1
1
@FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.
– theonlygusti
2 days ago
@FuzzyBoots I would be interested to see your answer, wondering how it's possible to be incorrect.
– theonlygusti
2 days ago
4
4
@theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
@theonlygusti I guessed "sundry expenses", a fairly common item in balance books, figuring that there was a chance that the quoted abbreviation might be less correct than thought (it was incorrect, but not that much).
– FuzzyBoots
2 days ago
2
2
@FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)
– Valorum
2 days ago
@FuzzyBoots - I checked three different editions to ensure that it wasn't just a typo :-)
– Valorum
2 days ago
6
6
It's a pun. The contractor is charging for the "sundry explanations" (the argument and fistfight) but the charge went unnoticed on the invoice because to the accountant it looked at first glance like the more usual "sundry expenses".
– Robyn
yesterday
It's a pun. The contractor is charging for the "sundry explanations" (the argument and fistfight) but the charge went unnoticed on the invoice because to the accountant it looked at first glance like the more usual "sundry expenses".
– Robyn
yesterday
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