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I figured we needed something to lighten the mood. A few years ago I read a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and in this book, they put out the theory that 42 is the ultimate answer to everything. I said 'what a load of bull!' Guess what number I'm now seeing every-flippin'-where? It's driving me bonkers! 
One year becomes two, two years becomes five, five becomes ten and before you know it, you've wasted your whole life on a problem you can't solve. That's one way to spend your life. -rwinger
I will not spend my life this way.
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Ah.... The meaning of life and everything... It's just SO depressing.  Mark (AKA: Marvin)
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man...I LOVE those books. I need them back - I'm always lending out books and never getting them back...
Me & DH: 28 Married 8/20/05 1DD, 9 mo. Just Lookin' and Learnin' HIYA!
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I read that first book, and...to be honest, I never got it. It's like he forgot he had to end the book.
One year becomes two, two years becomes five, five becomes ten and before you know it, you've wasted your whole life on a problem you can't solve. That's one way to spend your life. -rwinger
I will not spend my life this way.
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I AM 42....so does that mean that I am the answer to everything, or that I know the answer to everything? If if it means I know the answer to everything, then why don't I know what the cube root of 1,204 is or why on earth Justin Beiber is such a big deal?????
I'm so confused!!!!
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no luri - you dont KNOW the answer....YOU ARE THE ANSER...therefore any question asked the answer is Luri
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why don't I know what the cube root of 1,204 is 10.6383799
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Math answers don't count unless you do them in your head!!!
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OK...
The square root of 19 is...
4.358898989.... (Most calculators will give you 4.358899) BTW, I don't have to calculate this one, I remember it...
How do you know I didn't do it in my head?
I didn't, but was just wondering how you knew that for certain since there are people who CAN do such things in their heads.
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Well.....I am psychic. I have been psychic for 42 years.
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Raaaaaaargh! I'm seeing it again! Oh wait. Sorry. 42 is everywhere. My DAD is even turning 42 this year.
One year becomes two, two years becomes five, five becomes ten and before you know it, you've wasted your whole life on a problem you can't solve. That's one way to spend your life. -rwinger
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I pulled out 2 die 20s and a die 6 and couldn't for the life of me roll a 42.
Husband (me) 39
Wife 36
Daughter 21
Daughter 19
Son 14
Daughter 10
Son 8 (autistic)
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Well.....I am psychic. I have been psychic for 42 years. You meant psychotic, right? Where's that rim shot smiley?
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I knew you were going to say that, Mark. Bwahahahahahahah! No, I'm not psychotic....Heeeeeeeere's Johnny! (actually I am feeling a trigger of some hypomania right now, so as soon as I finish reproducing all of VanGough's paintings tonight I will call my pdoc! 
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Another nail in the coffin of my further involvement with the number 42. My boyfriend was BORN when his father was...wait for it...wait for it...you guessed it...42!!
One year becomes two, two years becomes five, five becomes ten and before you know it, you've wasted your whole life on a problem you can't solve. That's one way to spend your life. -rwinger
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There are 42 reasons why I hate this topic.
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42 is:
In base 4 written as 222
A Meandric Number
A self or Columbian Number
A Polygonal Number
The atomic number of molybdenum.
The ASCII number of * (used in computers as a "wild card character)
It is the reciprocal of a Bernoulli number.
The number of ways in which five pairs of nested parentheses can be arranged
A Pronic Number
It's a very IMPORTANT number...
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Of course it isn't part of Sylvester's Sequence, but other than that...
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There are 42 reasons why I will not make that list.
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