h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Lost is an interesting concept. Lost in thought, Lost in Space, Lost sock, Lost in deepest Africa like Livingstone who was not lost at all when allegedly found by Stanley as Livingston was accompained by 42 nubile African ladies singing Mary Poppins songs.

I'm afraid he may be lost more like Emilia Earhart, who, if the latest discoveries are to be believed, sure would have had a fine use for Mary Poppins' umbrella.(no disrespect intended... for comparitive purposes only...P.C. and all that!)

Amelia and Mary frequented the same shop, Umbrellas R Us. Alas due to weight restrictions, imposed because of the need to carry plenty of fuel, Mary had to leave her umbrella behind when she left on her disastrous last trip. If I remember right she went missing at 42 longitude, 13 degree latitude.

OK. I'll go with that.... Problem solved..... AGAIN!

Again. Fascinating word. The rain is Spain is falling mainly on the plain again. Plainly because rainy Spain is mainly
made up of plains over which planes fly looking in vain for Umbrellas R Us shops.

EEEeeeerrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmm this is quite confusing

that gives us four points at which she went missing
simultaneously i would assume
NE
NW
SE
&
SW
DOESNT SOLVE
THE PROBLEM
FOR
ME

I feel a tremor in the force...

We might be looking at the answer from the wrong perspective. What is 42? 42. Problem solved. Now lets prove that black is white and get run over at the next zebra crossing!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

I can't cope any more!!!

What have I created!!!

What have you created?
42!!!
Haha!





Okay, it doesn't quite work.

It's like Frankenstiens' Monster. The problem is, now that you've created it, do you have any ideas as to exactly how it's demise might be achieved?

hands out 42 free umbrellas from Umbrellas R Us covered with 13 pictures of plane wreaks

42 ?
THREE lots of 2
sevens
and if you think that black is white







i
agree with you




i'm not game to do otherwise
you might get violent

Actually, it's my collar size! although my arms are a bit short.

well that was an interesting visual. Forty-two inch neck with short limbs. Just what are you, then? It boggles the mind.

[insert appropriate mind boggling sound effects here]

To subscribe to Sky Digital, just call 08702 42 42 42... honestly!

White is black if you burn a thing that was originally white

This thread is surprisingly long, and somebody should do something about it. i'm not volunteering, of course, but suggesting the right thing on behalf of all of us who have a slow modem and cannot load this page in less than 3 minutes 42 seconds HEY - I just realised - 42 seconds, 42 is the answer!!
I'm getting a headache from all this obvious thinking, I think I need to go to bed, maybe read The More than Complete Guide again or something.... Y'know, to take my mind of all this disgustingly sane logic and stuff.
Oh so tired...


Tired....


42.....


Tired....


42, and the question is....

No, silly. White is the 'pigment' we see when all wavelengths of light are combined. Something that is black absorbs all of these wavelengths completely, and therefore consists of all of these wavelengths. If anything consists of all of these wavelengths it must be white. The only difference is that the white white lets its wavelengths escape, and the black white pretty much keeps them to itself.
Now I am very likely to get killed on the next Zebra crossing.