The Answer is 42…
But, as Douglas Adams so eloquently put in his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series, what precisely is the question?
Here are some possibilities (not in the form of a question):
- according to a Princeton University website, the definition of 42 is “being two more than forty” — I kid you not.
- wikipedia describes 42 as “the natural number following 41 and preceding 43″ — way too much time on somebody’s hands!
- 6 times 9 equals 42 — if you’re using base 13
- the atomic number of molybdenum
- a Harshad number, an integer divisible by the sum of its digits
- a sphenic number, a positive integer that is the product of three distinct prime factors
- the number of spots on a pair of dice
- the number of types of cheeses mentioned during Monty Python’s cheese shop sketch
- the number of months the anti-Christ will hold dominion over the Earth, according to the Holy Bible Revelation 13:5
- the number of years Sean Martin has been alive as of today
Happy Birthday!
*blush*