"Besides, do you know how the universe began?"
"No"
"Well what you do is get a black marble bath - conical shape..."
"Where from, Harrods was destroyed by the Vogons..?"
"Doesn't matter... doesn't matter.....'cos what you do is fill it full of white sand or any white powder and then, and then, you get a camera and film it draining out....but the clever bit, the really clever bit, is you thread the film in the - camera - backwards........Great eh?"
"And that's how the universe began?"
"No, but it's a great way to break the ice....."