X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,fbc0e97e18c84c26 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fabb8,de3e22f3520549d2,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfabb8,public From: Sandy Morton Subject: Re: what is the meaning of life Date: 1996/10/21 Message-ID: <326B8387.27BE@atl.hp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 190970256 distribution: world references: <5492tv$118u@news.ccit.arizona.edu> <32680515.6CE9@ucsd.edu> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Hewlett-Packard mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,alt.fan.douglas-adams x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; HP-UX A.09.07 9000/715) a-dori-ble wrote: > On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, Steve West wrote: > > Arthur Dent got the question when he played Scrabble with the cavemen > > rocks. He got the question "What is six and nine?" Of course this is > > still wrong... Hmmm We just have to wonder what this means in the whole > > grand scheme of things. > Did he really get "What is six and nine?" I thought he got "What is six > times seven?" Of course, it is a very good chance that my memory is > failing me considering I read those books when I was in junior high and > that was a good 8 or 9 years ago. Actually, it is "six times nine", which is what they referred to as there being a fundamental problem with human kind. However, why don't you guys move this over to alt.fan.douglas-adams and discuss this to your hearts content. :^) Sandy (swm@atl.hp.com)