From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 17 22:12: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 08E1115239; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:12:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD0D1CD648; Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:12:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:12:03 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Kennaway To: Craig Harding Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 42 (was Re: Microsoft go it right ;-)) In-Reply-To: <38851E6F.23416412@outpost.co.nz> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Craig Harding wrote: > sanitisers. Ford and Arthur realised that the Question locked in > Arthur's brain could be recovered through the unconscious direction of a > random act (pulling scrabble letters from a bag) and came up with "what > do you get if you multiply six by nine". I've always thought it odd the number of people who unconsciously transmute the Incorrect Ultimate Question to "what do you get if you multiply six by seven?" so it becomes A Possible Correct Ultimate Question (e.g. dg :-) There's probably some deeply profound reason behind it.. Kris ---- "How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?" "Eight!" "That was a rhetorical question!" "Oh..then, seven!" -- Homer Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message