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So, what is the meaning of life...?

Posted - March 28, 2017

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  •   March 28, 2017 8:22 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Ummm 42 what;))
      March 28, 2017 8:24 PM MDT
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  • Is a book... But I'll leave Tammy to tell you the details
      March 28, 2017 8:25 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Oh thanks;))
      March 28, 2017 8:32 PM MDT
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  • I'm sorry, if I try to explain, I'll just make it more convoluted. Plus, I'm not good at math. Maybe this will help.
      March 28, 2017 8:45 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Yes Tammy...thank U;))
      March 28, 2017 9:01 PM MDT
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  • Cruel Tammy lol :)
      March 28, 2017 11:24 PM MDT
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  • Sawree... I'm an imp.
    Okay Veena, it's from Douglas Adams' The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy which is comprised of 5 books. No, that's Mr. Adams' joke, not mine. Characters in the novel are looking for the answer to life, the universe, and everything. If I remember correctly (I read the books a long time back) there was a super computer with the answer. It was 42. Lots of theories as to where Adams came up with this, some people think it was his way to pay tribute to Lewis Carroll. Unfortunately, Adams died at age 49.
      March 29, 2017 6:49 AM MDT
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  • Succinct... May I add that Alice in wonderland and Hitch-hiker both share a connection in that ordinary people both find themselves living in worlds they didn't know existed.. One down a rabbit hole, the other in outer space... And the song Tammy posted is about physchedelic drugs which take you places you didn't know existed... So cunning on Tammy's part! This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 29, 2017 2:12 PM MDT
      March 29, 2017 7:08 AM MDT
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  • Deep Thought is still working on the question. 
      March 29, 2017 8:29 AM MDT
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  • Fraid not... Blame the vogons
      March 29, 2017 8:34 AM MDT
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  • Not Quite.   Deep Thought wasn't ever on planet Earth.  Planet Earth was the  program simulation to devise the question that 42 is the answer to.
    There is an Earth Mark 2.    Remember Slartibartfast was making the coastlines and in charge of Africa. He was particularly proud of his fjords of Norway in Mark 1 because fjords have a good baroque feel. lol This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 29, 2017 8:50 AM MDT
      March 29, 2017 8:46 AM MDT
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  • 7683
    Waiting Glis;))
      March 29, 2017 11:35 PM MDT
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  • I think it changes... Because I think it's dictated by your belief system at the time.
    Failing that coffee and Donuts work for me
      March 28, 2017 8:27 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Donuts......oh yes;))
      March 28, 2017 8:33 PM MDT
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  • The answer to all life's problems lol
      March 29, 2017 8:35 AM MDT
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  • One would have to first show there is meaning to life.  Then one may set about finding it.
      March 28, 2017 8:55 PM MDT
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  • To help each other and to have fun, that's it.
      March 28, 2017 9:56 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Awesome I like it so simple so alluring;)))
      March 28, 2017 11:34 PM MDT
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  • Ah, but in that order?
      March 29, 2017 8:15 AM MDT
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  • It has to be in that order for me. . . If I start with the fun, I will tend to indulge too much in it. .  . A little way too much.. . 
      March 29, 2017 9:42 AM MDT
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  • I don't know.  I give serious thought to this every morning while I'm staring at the wall drinking coffee waiting for my body to wake up.  Perhaps it means different things to different people.
      March 28, 2017 10:11 PM MDT
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  • I think using your technique I'd come up with the wall needs washing lol...
      March 28, 2017 11:26 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Yes it is a vague question but life is vagueness personified;))
      March 28, 2017 11:35 PM MDT
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