![]() ![]() Another celebrated use is 42 Wallaby Way – the address on the diving mask in Pixar's Finding Nemo. Famous and notable instances are lovingly prized the world's first modern book was Gutenberg's 42-line bible and the US national anthem is about an historic 42ft star-spangled banner. ![]() The joke has been running for more than three decades and the momentum seems as strong, or perhaps even stronger, than ever. There are the influential friends as well – both Google's HQ and Cern's Large Hadron Collider have office complexes named for the number. Others post lists of favourite 42s, snap "42" photos, or enjoy throwing a 42nd birthday party (Pink Floyd performed on stage with Adams for his special day). Often you hear it as a simple namecheck, a gently conclusive "Douglas Adams", said whenever a spontaneous 42 is seen as a seat number, a restaurant table, or a homework answer. "Forty two".Īdams – who died, aged 49, 10 years ago this May – had launched the world's greatest universal joke. The plot for the six episodes leapt very much wherever Adams wanted to go on the day, but led to a pivotal gag that went like this a giant computer called Deep Thought, having spent exactly 7.5m years pondering on Life, the Universe and Everything finally and solemnly announces that the Ultimate Answer is. ![]()
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