what the hell is 42?
2007-04-18 08:39:13 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
See here.
2007-04-18 08:44:22 · answer #1 · answered by Nobody 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its in a book, the hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas Adams.
The answer to "Life, the universe and everything" was 42.
That made no sense, but neither did the question
("What is the answer to Life, the universe and everything")
So they designed a massive supercomputer, which would contain and design life itself, so as to generate the ultimate question.
That supercomputer was the planet earth, and the designers of the earth where the most intelligent beings alive - Mice.
However, right before the answer (or rather, the question) was about to be revealed, the earth was destroed to make way for an intergalctic super high-way.
2007-04-18 15:42:32 · answer #2 · answered by bebop 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy!
It was a book that was then made into a movie!
The meaning of life was 42!
2007-04-18 15:43:39 · answer #3 · answered by Gorgo 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because Douglas Adams is a genius. A bloody brilliant man. The world will be much less funny with him out of it.
Read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy for more information.
2007-04-18 15:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by PHX 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
just ook around for a couple of weeks and you will see that 42 pops up in many places in your life, sometimes it is not 42 , but 21
2007-04-18 15:48:57 · answer #5 · answered by gjmb1960 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's from a series of very funny books.
The hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
2007-04-18 15:44:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ...
2007-04-18 15:42:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Read `The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy`,and all will be explained. You need to read this book to regain some `cred`.
2007-04-18 15:45:39 · answer #8 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From a better book of fiction for creating a religion with than either the NT or Dianetics, but hey, I am not here to push it as one..
2007-04-18 16:34:33 · answer #9 · answered by XX 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah, 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' ! LOL
just another form of literary irony!
2007-04-18 16:13:09 · answer #10 · answered by equilibriumdisrupter 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The trouble is that the original answer was wrong as the question should have been "what are five times nine?"
2007-04-18 15:46:19 · answer #11 · answered by the_emrod 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋