How many roads must a man walk down?
Martin
We need to know!!
The Hysterical Bride
> ...before they call him a man? No, really - how many? 6? 18? 142?
> We need to know!!
When he finishes his thesis.
Martin
> Stars don't walk
Is Bob a star? A shooting star? Like Annie Oakley?
The Hysterical Bride
> On Jul 23, 7:12 pm, Martin <martingayf...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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> > ...before they call him a man? No, really - how many? 6? 18? 142?
> > We need to know!!
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Jesus walks.
joelha...@yahoo.com
> ...before they call him a man? No, really - how many? 6? 18? 142?
> We need to know!!
"Ah," said Benji. "Aha, now that does sound promising!" He rolled the
phrase around a little. "Yes," he said, "that's excellent! Sounds very
significant without actually tying you down to meaning anything at
all. How many roads must a man walk down? Forty-two. Excellent,
excellent, that'll fox 'em. Frankie baby, we are made!"
SunDog
DylanCover.com
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:)
This thread made me think of HHG2TG, too...
Martin
Money talks. It's a political world.
Gemini Jackson
For the ignorant among us, what's that?
~GJ~
number6
> We need to know!!
42 ... DNA
The answer to life the universe and everything ...
of course the question was what do you get when you multiply 6 by 9 ?
number6
> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:31:21 -0400, "DylanCover.com"
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> ><joelhaggl...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >> Martin wrote:
> >>> ...before they call him a man? No, really - how many? 6? 18? 142?
> >>> We need to know!!
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> >> "Ah," said Benji. "Aha, now that does sound promising!" He rolled the
> >> phrase around a little. "Yes," he said, "that's excellent! Sounds very
> >> significant without actually tying you down to meaning anything at
> >> all. How many roads must a man walk down? Forty-two. Excellent,
> >> excellent, that'll fox 'em. Frankie baby, we are made!"
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> >> SunDog
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> >This thread made me think of HHG2TG, too...
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> For the ignorant among us, what's that?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ...
Douglas Adams ...
When after millions of years of thinking ... the ultimate computer
Deep Thought came up with the answer to life the universe and
everything ... as being 42 ...
At first they thought the ultimate question was ... How many roads
must a man walk down ... after millions years more of computing the
ultimate quewstion was found to be what do you get when you multiply 6
by 9 ?
DNA as Adams is affectionately refered to passed on not too long
ago ... but leaves a big dedicated fan base ...
Martin
> Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
khematite
> We need to know!!
http://www.figarospeech.com/homerisms/
Mother Simpson: [sings] How many roads must a man walk down / Before
you can call him a man...
Homer: Seven.
Lisa: No, dad, it's a rhetorical question.
Homer: OK, eight.
Lisa: Dad, do you even know what "rhetorical" means?
Homer: Do I know what "rhetorical" means?
CurrentOccupant_dudley
> At first they thought the ultimate question was ... How many roads
> must a man walk down ... after millions years more of computing the
> ultimate question was found to be what do you get when you multiply 6
> by 9 ?
>
Which is of course 54, but 42 in base-13.
Adams denied that was his intent, claiming never to have joked in
base-13.
> DNA as Adams is affectionately referred to passed on not too long
> ago ... but leaves a big dedicated fan base ...
Name 42.
So long, and thanks for all the fish,
dudley
(i am not a number, i am deluded into thinking i am a free man.) (but
that's a different fan base)
number6
> On Jul 24, 9:03 am, number6 <snumb...@aol.com> wrote:
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> > At first they thought the ultimate question was ... How many roads
> > must a man walk down ... after millions years more of computing the
> > ultimate question was found to be what do you get when you multiply 6
> > by 9 ?
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> Which is of course 54, but 42 in base-13.
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> Adams denied that was his intent, claiming never to have joked in
> base-13.
There are several other myths around it ... but Adams said ... and I
do believe him ... that he just wanted an ordinary number that was
funny ... and 42 popped into his head ...
I do find it a nice tribute as to the various references made to it
elsewhere ... afterall although it was the answer to life the universe
and everything ... it was only one of a million (actually 1,134,783
but who's counting) satirical comments in his books ...
and then again ... I find the tribute to Bob also endearing ...
so 42 being the answer to how many roads ... honors 2 at once ...
Gemini Jackson
wrote:
>> For the ignorant among us, what's that?
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>Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ...
Doh! Of course.
Great 'trilogy'. Horrible film.
~GJ~
DylanCover.com
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Film wasn't great, but had it's moments & was far from horrible, IMHO.
Gemini Jackson
I was disappointed in Zaphod. It must've not done well enough in
ticket sales to do 'Restaurant'.
In that vein, I really enjoyed the Dirk Gently books, especially Long
Dark Tea-time of the Soul. I think of them every time I have to move
a couch down some stairs.
~GJ~
DylanCover.com
>>> Great 'trilogy'. Horrible film.
>>> ~GJ~
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>>Film wasn't great, but had it's moments & was far from horrible, IMHO.
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> I was disappointed in Zaphod. It must've not done well enough in
> ticket sales to do 'Restaurant'.
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I've read that they had the cast under contract for the sequel,
but without Douglas Adams + the poor box-office it was shelved.
I liked the cameo appearances of the original Marvin & Arthur (from the
early 80s BBC series)
Zaphod was probably the result of budget and/or technical restraints. Hard
to make a realistic two-headed alien. It was a clever although
disappointing solution.
athens_st
> We need to know!!
Evidently, it is 42.
How Many Roads Must A Man Stumble Down?
By Elisha Greenbaum
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