A Conversation for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Why are we here?

Post 1

Xaris

Yes, this is a very common, confusing question and a good one for a real brain-wrenching boggle. The number of theories are also something to boggle at. Did we arrive with the Big Bang? Did we evolve from surviving dinosaurs? Are we really fifteenth cousins, twice removed, of the ape? True, we do look marginally alike to monkeys, but are we of any relation to them? Or were we formed like planets, from a ball of gases? Perhaps we evolved from plankton or beetles, maybe even daisies. This is surely something worth debating; Our Purpose In Life and How We Got Here.


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Post 2

Researcher 27546

I no thee answer 2 that: ... dah dah daaah daaaaah!!!
Ware heer bee cos we ear heir bee cos weer hear beek oz weer hee rbicos weer he rib oc oz wir hirkobiz wok izzok woz ik biz ok wizeer bek oz wiz heer because we're hear beck oz were here because we're ... plenty more like that

An wouldn't be much point in the universe existing if we (I) wasn't here to witness it, either.


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Post 3

Pittiplatsch

Because we wanted to!
To the previous message is only one thing to say: Don't talk when you're drunk!


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Post 4

Researcher 35591

because there is no where currently that we on earth know about that is any better.

Well is there?


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Post 5

Dignan

That my fellow researcher is a confusing question, to which I am in a confused state,
so I shall try to answer it with as much confusion as I possibly can... here it goes -->

We are hear because we think we exist.


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Post 6

Zach Garland

We are hear because we have ears. (sic)


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Post 7

ScottToBeMyFault

um... sorry I think I missed a bit...
what was it we were to hear?


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Post 8

Zach Garland

very loud pigeons i think.


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Post 9

Researcher 35726

Did you know that in every pigeon there is a mouse controlling it with a tiny steering wheel and paddles?


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Post 10

Researcher 35591

Or not as the case may be


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Post 11

Zach Garland

Don't give away all the mice's secrets. People tend to disappear when they do that.


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Post 12

Phobos

Why are we here? What's life all about? Is God really real or is there some doubt? Well tonight, we're going to sort it all out, 'cos this is the meaning of life. What's the point, of all this hoax, is it da chicken and da egg time, are we just yolks... eep. Sorry, had a minor Python relapse there. Look at it this way - there IS no point, no great cosmic purpose, then we can stop worrying and enjoy it while it lasts.


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Post 13

Himble

We are here to drink lots and dance with members of the opposite sex, as much as possible. Leave pigeons out of it!


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Post 14

Xaris

Yeah, so get out there and have fun! Where did pigeons come into it, anyway? Let's stick with the idea that we are here to have some beer, go on a rollercoaster, throw up, have dinner with a friend (make that a very good friend), and go home. (With the very good friend). Does that sound cool and froody or what, people?


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Post 15

Researcher 35860

I am here because I can't be there. I am working on being in two places at one time but have not mastered it yet. So when I do then I can be here and there.


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Post 16

Researcher 36578

THAT`S MORE WHY YOUR NOT THERE-THAT`S EASY-BUT BY PROCESS OF ELIMATION FINDING OUT WHY
YOU ARE HERE WILL TAKE AAGES-SHALL WE DO THEM ONE AT A TIME?


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Post 17

Xaris

Why not?


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Post 18

Zach Garland

MY EARS ARE BLEEDING


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Post 19

Researcher 36578

in such discussions my mum always used to say "because I said so"-replace parent figure with divine parent figure (who is-of course somewaht more omnipotent)and it might be a clue towards a cure for bleeding ears(why not eh?)


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Post 20

Zach Garland

MY CAPSLOCK IS STUCK SOMEBODY SHOOT ME! MY GUMS ARE BLEEDING TOO!


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