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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 21 Oct 1996.
Re: what is the meaning of life

Re: what is the meaning of life

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 (sw...@atl.hp.com)

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Subject: Re: what is the meaning of life
Date: 1996/10/21
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