Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 18 Oct 1996.
what is the meaning of life
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· 12 messages · 18 Oct 1996 - 27 Oct 1996
I always thought it was 42
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Go Braves! (kar...@sunspot.tiac.net) wrote: > I always thought it was 42 > karyn isn't 42 the answer to the ultimate question? of course, what is the ultimate question? d---
Go Braves! (kar...@sunspot.tiac.net) wrote: : I always thought it was 42 That was before the metric system was introduced. Now it's 40. Alden Bates. -- ___ _ _ ___ | Alden Bates | ald...@bates.wn.planet.gen.nz .' _ `| |_| | _ \ | "Is lower the lofty tone no enormously end, monkey- | _ _ _ < | hominids going shit sod bugger all the sodding time." |_| |_|_| |_|___.'| -- Unnamed Sloathe, Doctor Who: Sky Pirates!
Dori L Lovers wrote: > Go Braves! (kar...@sunspot.tiac.net) wrote: > > I always thought it was 42 > > karyn > isn't 42 the answer to the ultimate question? of course, what is the > ultimate question? > d--- Arthur Dent got the question when he played Scrabble with the cavemen rocks. He got the question "What is six and nine?" Of course this is still wrong... Hmmm We just have to wonder what this means in the whole grand scheme of things. Steve
Go Braves! (kar...@sunspot.tiac.net) wrote:
>I always thought it was 42
Nope...you can't know the meaning of life _until_ you are 42.
Those who have already passed 42, and still don't know the answer,
may just be no-hopers who will never know.
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On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Steve West wrote: > Dori L Lovers wrote: > > Go Braves! (kar...@sunspot.tiac.net) wrote: > > > I always thought it was 42 > > > karyn > > isn't 42 the answer to the ultimate question? of course, what is the > > ultimate question? > > d--- > > Arthur Dent got the question when he played Scrabble with the cavemen > rocks. He got the question "What is six and nine?" Of course this is > still wrong... Hmmm We just have to wonder what this means in the whole > grand scheme of things. > > Steve > > Did he really get "What is six and nine?" I thought he got "What is six times seven?" Of course, it is a very good chance that my memory is failing me considering I read those books when I was in junior high and that was a good 8 or 9 years ago. d--
a-dori-ble wrote: > On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Steve West wrote: > > Arthur Dent got the question when he played Scrabble with the cavemen > > rocks. He got the question "What is six and nine?" Of course this is > > still wrong... Hmmm We just have to wonder what this means in the whole > > grand scheme of things. > Did he really get "What is six and nine?" I thought he got "What is six > times seven?" Of course, it is a very good chance that my memory is > failing me considering I read those books when I was in junior high and > that was a good 8 or 9 years ago. Actually, it is "six times nine", which is what they referred to as there being a fundamental problem with human kind. However, why don't you guys move this over to alt.fan.douglas-adams and discuss this to your hearts content. :^) Sandy (sw...@atl.hp.com)
> Did he really get "What is six and nine?" I thought he got "What is six > times seven?" Of course, it is a very good chance that my memory is > failing me considering I read those books when I was in junior high and > that was a good 8 or 9 years ago. > > d-- > It was "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?" and the answer was 42. THAT is the ultimate question to "life the universe and everything" and the final answer. Hope this enlightens your universe. Brian West (bwe...@eagle1.eaglenet.com) ............/\/\/\/\............................................ ........../\....../\................./\......................... ......../\......../\............................................ ....../\/\/\/\/\....../\/\/\....../\....../\/\/\/\..../\/\/\.... ..../\......../\..../\..../\..../\..../\....../\..../\....../\.. ../\....../\....../\........../\..../\....../\..../\....../\.... /\/\/\/\......../\........../\....../\/\/\/\..../\....../\......
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Sandy Morton (sw...@atl.hp.com) wrote: >a-dori-ble wrote: > >> On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Steve West wrote: >> > Arthur Dent got the question when he played Scrabble with the cavemen >> > rocks. He got the question "What is six and nine?" Of course this is >> > still wrong... Hmmm We just have to wonder what this means in the whole >> > grand scheme of things. > >> Did he really get "What is six and nine?" I thought he got "What is six >> times seven?" Of course, it is a very good chance that my memory is >> failing me considering I read those books when I was in junior high and >> that was a good 8 or 9 years ago. >Actually, it is "six times nine", which is what they referred to >as there being a fundamental problem with human kind. However, >why don't you guys move this over to alt.fan.douglas-adams and >discuss this to your hearts content. :^) >Sandy (sw...@atl.hp.com) Don't be so grumpy Sandy...and please post some pictures ! Harumph ! --------------------------------------------------------------------- " Many happy returns of Eeyore's birthday," said Pooh. /|__/| /` /` " I'm giving him a Useful Pot (O)-(O)' | to keep things in..." ( ' ) / ____ | _ / ^ ^ \ \ ._ __( )___ _ / ^ ^ ^ | | ~-._ ( o / ) | ^ ^ ^ ^ | | I | | /| ^ ^ ^ ^ | | I | / W| ^ ^ ^ | | I \ / | ^ ^ ^ ^ W I / \ _____ \ ^ ^ ^ | ._ I / /^\ (_____) \ ___ _/ ~-._I ! | | / ::::: \ I-.MM MM _.-I ! | | ! ::: ! I ~-._ _.-~ I ! | |_!___::: ! I ~-I-~ I ! \________)____/ I-._ I _.-I ! | I ~-._ I _.-~ I \ _ / I ~-I-~ I \ / / I \ | / I | | / I | | |__ (___(_____) " Is this it ? " said Owl. " Somebody has been keeping honey in it." -- Winnie-the-Pooh --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bye,
: > > isn't 42 the answer to the ultimate question? of course, what is the : > > ultimate question? : > > d--- : > : Did he really get "What is six and nine?" I thought he got "What is six : times seven?" Of course, it is a very good chance that my memory is : failing me considering I read those books when I was in junior high and : that was a good 8 or 9 years ago. Actually the question he got from playing scrabble was "What is six times nine" Which of course does not equal forty-two... So therefore there is something entirely wrong with the universe...
In article <54qi4p$m2...@butler.ac.BrockU.CA>, AARON JAMES DESJARDINS <ad9...@SANDCASTLE.cosc.brocku.ca> writes > >Actually the question he got from playing scrabble was "What is six times >nine" Which of course does not equal forty-two... So therefore there is >something entirely wrong with the universe... are you sure youre working in the right base? anyway, 42 is 10! seconds, measured in days, so it must be right, its just that cavemen hadnt figured it out yet :) _\\ . Andy Newman \.' (gem...@squint.demon.co.uk)
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