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Do you know?

Yep!

I picked 43 seems silly without it, I guess because I'm 43.

I always feel better thinking of 42.

it's one tenth of 4:20.

or is that ten times 4:20?

I always forget.

4:20, now that one I know!

I was never really a 4:20 girl, I was more of a 7:14 girl. :D

It's the answer to the meaning of life and everything but it did come from a movie.

If by "movie" you mean "book," then yes.

I find 42 kind of boring without 27. Then it adds up.

it's my favorite sexual position....you just have to find a girl who's REALLY flexible to be the 2

Well book wasn't one of the options in the poll. But you're right, it was a book first.

Watch out for the mice.

If by "book" you mean "radio play", then yes. [/smartarse]

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But do you know what the question is? Be advised, most people get this wrong.

Was the question: If you can't be semi-frivolous in a semi-frivolous thread and insist on posting the correct(ish) answer because you just have to be a know-it-all smartypants, what is your sense of humour score on a scale of 42 to 420?

Ooh! Ooh! I know the question!!

What is six times nine?

Which is really ironic that I remember that detail so clearly, because to be honest, I found that Douglas Adams' style became kind of trite to me as I aged. Reading them in junior high school was great, but the older I got, the less I appreciated the "insert wacky non-sequitur here" style of humor. In improv theatre, it was called an easy out and was frowned upon.

dissin Douglas to Brit is like telling an American you're an Atheist.........

Hey! We have atheists in America! Just because their leader (Madalyn Murray O'Hair) and some of her family were ruthlessly murdered (under v. bizarre and greedy conditions) doesn't mean they dried up and went away. I hate it when people assume all Americans are Christian. It's like assuming all Michiganers have a weird accent and believe in BigFoot.

You know there is a plethora (oh, yeah, I said plethora!) of religious beliefs right here on this board. A varitable 'cornucopia' of beliefs! A pumpkin patch of weirdness! Just look at us and you can tell!

If by "book" you mean "radio show," then yes.



EDIT: fuck. zen beat me to it. but yeah.

who's assuming christianity here?

diss Douglas Adams to a brit there's small chance they'll agree with you. Tell an American you're an Atheist.....

(there's a small chance they'll agee with you)

: dips hat to Clod : :admires your grasp of multiplication in base 13:

: pokes out tongue at Monster : - was that frivolous enough? ;) Would a fart noise help any here?

and don't be dissing on bigfoot neither. I know he's around and if the shoesize/willysize thing is true, I'm all set.... and first in line

can you do better than my 6yo?

Well crap, you all just reminded me some dude gave me a copy of Hitchhiker's Guide in college as long as I SWORE I would give him back his favorite book. Now, where did I put that? :blush:

I never got around to reading any of those books, which is odd, since I bet they would have appealed to me.

A cacophony of credence! :p

Unless this is an unusual announcement that you are dying in the next 24 hours, it's not too late.

Well thought. Hmmmmmm...I never connected BigFoot with any sex appeal until you just brought up the well-known association of foot size corresponding to Pink Floyd size. Now I'll be wondering about this all day...

Beats me. After reading the above posts, I sort of have an idea.

A reasonably quick reader could probably get through them in less than 24 hours. And unless you have some sort of sentimental attachment to spending time with your family, I can't think of a better way to spend your last day. Better than lying on the floor with a paper bag on your head. Or lying in the mud in front of a bulldozer, for that matter.

I've got my towel ready.

anybody up for a pan galactic gargle blaster?

Third on the " [nerdy voice] actually....[/nerdy voice]"

In school, at about age 10, there was a quiz, a general knowledge section and specialist subject, a la Mastermind, H2G2 was my specialist subject.
I chose 42 as my team number.
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:p

and yes Atheism is often considered worse than Satanism in the US, at least they beleive in something even if it's the wrong thing.

It'd probably be really hairy, though, unless he manscapes....

Look, I loved Hitchhikers, but I doubt that 21 of you can quote 2 pages from it.

I picked 43 because it's true, and because without it, there would always be a sort of awkward pause when counting past 41.

Which two pages would you like? It's a set book for lit classes in the UK.

42 = half of the normal life expectancy so it's actual midlife?