Hithchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[SaraJane]

What is the meaning of life?

[rekstout]

42

[WaldoMcFroog]

As I recall it (been a while), 42 was not the answer to the meaning of life. It was the answer to Life, the universe and everything. But they don't know what the question was. Sorry to be pedantic.

[SaraJane]

Ok Waldo, Monty Python, what's their meaning of life? :-D

[firefly]

I get the feeling, SaraJane, you are asking questions that you already know the answer too...

[SaraJane]

I don't actually :-) I'm just interested :-D

[snotmonkey]

what about the meaning of putting punctuation marks at the end of sentences

[incitatus]

Monty Python never gave an answer: at the end a waiter tried to explain but ended up telling the camera to go away and stop asking questions. 42 was the answer to life the universe and everything. The closest to a meaning of life was Gods final message to his creation (written in 40 foot high letters of fire in the quentulus quazgar mountains) which reads "We apologise for the inconvenience" I personally agree with the statement that if someone ever finds out exactly what the universe is for and why it is here it will instantly vanish and be replaced with something even more bizarrely inexplicable.

[Andromeda]

But surely that has already happened.

Why should life have a meaning anyway?

[Revol]

Monty Python did give an answer - I think it was Eric Idle dressed as a woman, just before the final credits, who said, "Well, that's the end of the film. Now, here's the meaning of life. [...] Well, it's nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations." :)