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wiktoria14 · F
"Good morning," said Deep Thought at last.
"Er... Good morning, O Deep Thought," said Loonquawl nervously, "do you have... er, that is..."
"An answer for you?" interrupted Deep Thought majestically. "Yes. I have."
The two men shivered with expectancy. Their waiting had not been in vain.
"There really is one?" breathed Phouchg.
"There really is one," confirmed Deep Thought.
"To Everything? To the great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything?"
"Yes."
Both of the men had been trained for this moment, their lives had been a preparation for it, they had been selected at birth as those who would witness the answer, but even so they found themselves gasping and squirming like excited children.
"And you're ready to give it to us?" urged Loonquawl.
"I am."
"Now?"
"Now," said Deep Thought.
They both licked their dry lips.
"Though I don't think," added Deep Thought, "that you're going to like it."
"Doesn't matter!" said Phouchg. "We must know it! Now!"
"Now?" inquired Deep Thought.
"Yes! Now..."
"Alright," said the computer and settled into silence again. The two men fidgeted. The tension was unbearable.
"You're really not going to like it," observed Deep Thought.
"Tell us!"
"Alright," said Deep Thought. "The Answer to the Great Question..."
"Yes...!"
"Of Life, the Universe and Everything..." said Deep Thought.
"Yes...!"
"Is..." said Deep Thought, and paused.
"Yes...!"
"Is..."
"Yes...!!!...?"
"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
"Er... Good morning, O Deep Thought," said Loonquawl nervously, "do you have... er, that is..."
"An answer for you?" interrupted Deep Thought majestically. "Yes. I have."
The two men shivered with expectancy. Their waiting had not been in vain.
"There really is one?" breathed Phouchg.
"There really is one," confirmed Deep Thought.
"To Everything? To the great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything?"
"Yes."
Both of the men had been trained for this moment, their lives had been a preparation for it, they had been selected at birth as those who would witness the answer, but even so they found themselves gasping and squirming like excited children.
"And you're ready to give it to us?" urged Loonquawl.
"I am."
"Now?"
"Now," said Deep Thought.
They both licked their dry lips.
"Though I don't think," added Deep Thought, "that you're going to like it."
"Doesn't matter!" said Phouchg. "We must know it! Now!"
"Now?" inquired Deep Thought.
"Yes! Now..."
"Alright," said the computer and settled into silence again. The two men fidgeted. The tension was unbearable.
"You're really not going to like it," observed Deep Thought.
"Tell us!"
"Alright," said Deep Thought. "The Answer to the Great Question..."
"Yes...!"
"Of Life, the Universe and Everything..." said Deep Thought.
"Yes...!"
"Is..." said Deep Thought, and paused.
"Yes...!"
"Is..."
"Yes...!!!...?"
"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
DukeOfEarle · M
Starchild1983 · 41-45, F
Damn it you beat me to it!! @DukeOfEarle
Gusman · 61-69, M
It is the Atomic Number of Molybdenum.
It designates the Orion Nebular - Messier object M42
In Egyptian mythology, there are 42 questions asked of persons making their journey through Death.
There are 42 generations (names) in the Gospel of Matthew's version of the Genealogy of Jesus.
God sent bears to maul 42 of the teenage boys who mocked Elisha for his baldness (2 Kings 2:23).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has 42 illustrations.
"42" is one of the tracks on Coldplay's 2008 album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.
There are 42 laws in the game of cricket
There are 42 elevators in the Rockefeller Center.
It designates the Orion Nebular - Messier object M42
In Egyptian mythology, there are 42 questions asked of persons making their journey through Death.
There are 42 generations (names) in the Gospel of Matthew's version of the Genealogy of Jesus.
God sent bears to maul 42 of the teenage boys who mocked Elisha for his baldness (2 Kings 2:23).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has 42 illustrations.
"42" is one of the tracks on Coldplay's 2008 album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.
There are 42 laws in the game of cricket
There are 42 elevators in the Rockefeller Center.
GJOFJ3 · 61-69, M
42
The Almighty Answer to the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything. It was calculated by the computer Deep Thought for seven million years and when asked to build a better computer to discover the Question to the Life, the Universe, and Everything, it built the Earth. Before the Earth could tell the Question however, it was destroyed by the Vogons to make room for an interstellar highway bypass.
The Almighty Answer to the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything. It was calculated by the computer Deep Thought for seven million years and when asked to build a better computer to discover the Question to the Life, the Universe, and Everything, it built the Earth. Before the Earth could tell the Question however, it was destroyed by the Vogons to make room for an interstellar highway bypass.
Deadcutie · 18-21, F
42 is Jesus Christ. 42 months, or 3 and 1/2 years of his ministry... 42 also plays prominent in the future end time prophecy... 42 months will also be how long the gentiles trample the temple and how long the 2 prophets prophesy to the world before being killed, thus fullfiling christs 7 year ministry on earth..
DayDreaming2 · F
Wasn’t that Jackie Robinsons number?
fancyboy · 61-69, M
@DayDreaming2 Yes! That's the first thing I thought of, too......
Ryanoliver2011 · 26-30, M
I didn’t think there was one other than it’s betw 41 and 43 lol
Sourdad · 56-60, M
What was the Question?
itsoeasy · 56-60, M
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