The mythical number 42
Created | Updated Apr 1, 2002
In recent years a disturbing trend has started to pop up among my friends, namely an obsession with occurances of the number 42.
This trend seems to have been started by a book, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (and its many sequels), written by none other than Douglas Adams. In these books the number 42 is made out to be the answer to the *Ultimate Question*!! What the Ultimate Question was is never explained. However, as a result of that, the books are all riddled with odd occurences and coincedences of the aforementioned number 42. Lately, a large number of my confused (bored?) friends, being unable to any longer distinguish the boundaries of TV, movies, literature and reality, have also started to notice and look out for odd coincedences and occurences of the mythical number 42. Examples:
My shoe-size is 42. My bankaccount number ends in xxxx-xxxxx-42.
My car rego is 06 XX 07, and as we all know, 6 times 7 is...exactly.
If you play the latest marylin manson cd backwards, (eh?) you'll clearly hear 'FOUR-TEE-TOOO'!
Hmmm...There are 7 occurences of the mythical number in my article, and as we all know...6 times 7 is....((AAARGH))
This trend seems to have been started by a book, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (and its many sequels), written by none other than Douglas Adams. In these books the number 42 is made out to be the answer to the *Ultimate Question*!! What the Ultimate Question was is never explained. However, as a result of that, the books are all riddled with odd occurences and coincedences of the aforementioned number 42. Lately, a large number of my confused (bored?) friends, being unable to any longer distinguish the boundaries of TV, movies, literature and reality, have also started to notice and look out for odd coincedences and occurences of the mythical number 42. Examples:
My shoe-size is 42. My bankaccount number ends in xxxx-xxxxx-42.
My car rego is 06 XX 07, and as we all know, 6 times 7 is...exactly.
If you play the latest marylin manson cd backwards, (eh?) you'll clearly hear 'FOUR-TEE-TOOO'!
Hmmm...There are 7 occurences of the mythical number in my article, and as we all know...6 times 7 is....((AAARGH))