....They built Deep Thought, the second greatest computer of all time and space, to tell them the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything. After seven and a half million years the computer divulges the answer: 42.
"Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Happy Birthday to luxfx
You know what's sad? I was 17, and had been a fan of '42' for five or six years already, before I realized that April 2nd, my birthday, is '42' (4/2)
I finally figured it out in line at McDonald's, on my way home from SWVGS. We had been talking about 42 on the bus, and I was thinking, "hey I'm sure there's a date that corresponds to 42...hmmmm...April 2nd I guess. Wait a minute! That's my birthday!"
sad...
Posted by: David at April 3, 2004 01:36 PM