meaning of life

[littlemissx]

can anyone explain why its 42???

[woofgang]

42

delighted to enlighten!

[geo0939]

There is no reason for the number 42. Just as there is no reason for life, the universe and everything.

Sorry.

[Octavius]

Cheer up, Geo! You know what they say?

Some things in life are bad they can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse
When you're chewing on life's gristle, don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best ... and ....

Always look on the bright side of life
Always look on the bright side of life

I mean, what have you got to lose? You come from nothing, you're going back to nothing, what have you lost? Nothing!

[brionon]

41 was thought to be just too little. And 43 would be ridiculous.

[geo0939]

Brionon: Best response I've heard so far.

I'm truly humbled by your insight.

Octavius: I'll try to have a more positive outlook'I really will. It will help if you can assure me that there are computers in the Afterlife

[OBonio]

That's the whole point. You've got to know the question you're really asking.

This is 6x7.

[BigMac]

NO, the question is definitely NOT 6x7. In the Hitch-Hiker books (possibly Restaurant at the End of the Universe) it is decided to access the ultimate question from Arthur's sub-conscious by the random act of pulling Scrabble tiles from a bag. This brought forth the question: what is six times nine...

[Octavius]

Of course the question was not 6 x 7.

It was 7 x 6.

[Octavius]

What is the meaning of life? The significance of the unfermented form is when there is a breakdown of the lactose and you lose a great deal of the ability to metabolize the calcium... oh no hang on, that's how you make cheese.

[Nautilus]

I thought that it was recalculated by a ouija board and should be 56!

[joko]

in a pickle - cool! i always thought you were younger - don't know why - you must be about 50 then? its funny how you imagine what people are like on here.

[jenstar]

I only just noticed the other day when I was doing a spot of copyright infringement by running off copies for someone, but the two Hitch-Hiker LPs (not the radio series, but the re-rcorded album versions) had the catalogue numbers ORA 42 and ORA 54 (i.e. six times nine!).

[WTR]

Im sorry but the answer, as given in numbers, has confused you all. It all in the interpretation.

The atual answer was "forteatwo" which when you appreciate that the babel fish was having an off day, should have read "Tea for two".