Comments on: The Answer

By: Miki

Miki — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:28:08 +0000

I KNEW IT!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:03:21 +0000

Well thats exactly true, Everything, without Life or the Universe would be a completely different thing, as with the Universe without Everything or Life, or Life without the Universe or Everything and so on. Only with all things, which is what our existance is, is the answer 42

By: sweeneysgirl324

sweeneysgirl324 — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:47:06 +0000

WIN!

By: Mariannya

Mariannya — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:07:58 +0000

But I thought they were too busy writing (horrible) poetry?

By: Hannah

Hannah — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:04:56 +0000

What is 6 of 7?

By: HHGttGFan

HHGttGFan — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:18:26 +0000

you sir have it mixed up
Earth was created to find the question
Deep Thought was used to find the answer
idiot

By: Awesome

Awesome — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:34:32 +0000

Your response implies that you are lame.

By: wrince

wrince — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:33:29 +0000

nope, douglas adams chose the multiplication sum because it didn’t equal fourty two. it’s nothing at all to do with base thirteen: that’s just a co-incidence, he said himself that he didn’t know about that when he chose it.

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:42:31 +0000

H2G2 WIN.

Does this mean, though, that the answer to life is different from the answer to the universe, which is also in turn different from the answer to everything, but all needs can be satisfied by the solution “42″?

Meh. I’m still waiting for the Ultimate Question. Which, if my needs are fulfilled, will NOT be answered by Colfer.

By: Devlin

Devlin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:39:18 +0000

So, life, the universe and everything is the same as 42? I thought it was the answer to them all.

By: MedKid

MedKid — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:44:16 +0000

I SAW THIS AND DIED!!! Hate them damned Vogons. Is it surprising that a 13 year old read all the books at age 11 and got it as much as your average Earthling got it? I scream 42 randomly and see who gets it. Time to go watch Star Trek!!!

By: i.half4

i.half4 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:58:06 +0000

Drat!

I thought by replying directly to the first reply, I could jump my comment to the head of the list. I guess I hadn’t noticed how the box format works.

Share and enjoy!

By: i.half4

i.half4 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:52:06 +0000

You quote right, sir, madam, or thing.

Revealing the significance of 42 to anyone who hasn’t read the book yet is a crime against imagination. Don’t send this as a link to anywhere it might be read by anyone who hasn’t read the book yet!

By: i.half4

i.half4 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:41:50 +0000

More importantly, it is still new to anyone who hasn’t read the books yet. The power of anticlimax is what makes “42″ so funny in the first place. So it really is a great disservice to place the answer and the question in a coexisting relationship and leave them sitting about where just anyone could read them.

By: zbru

zbru — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:06:58 +0000

Life is like a grapefruit. Its orange, its got pips, its wet and squigey in the middle, and some people have half of one for breakfast

By: yeah

yeah — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:03:36 +0000

yes! the nerds unite with this one.

By: PeppaMama

PeppaMama — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:00:30 +0000

U said it, segaphile, if you want serious graphs, boys and girls, go work with engineers like I do…you’ll be begging for HG2G graphs…and people with a sense of humor.

In space, the numbers are awful.

By: dude

dude — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:11:14 +0000

meh, i thought it was only funny the first 42 times. doh

By: adminoflife

adminoflife — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:10:11 +0000

honestly, given the culture of LOLs im surprised this didnt show up before

By: Usoki

Usoki — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:38:23 +0000

But this graph implies that Life has a separate answer, the Universe has a separate answer, Everything as a separate answer, Life and the Universe have an answer, the Universe and Everything as an answer, and Everything and Life have an answer.

They may be three things in a list, but that doesn’t mean you can Venn Diagram them. A Venn Diagram implies a lot of differences with a few things in common for the center area. That’s not so in this case. It’s a horrific fail.

By: NH

NH — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:31:24 +0000

Sure – it’s getting old, but does anybody have a better answer?

By: edric

edric — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:05:33 +0000

Thats what happens when you let Voggons
have to much time on their hands

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:32:25 +0000

Huh?? Ess Tee Eff You.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:09:46 +0000

I’ll guess you’re referring to the Mayan calendar?

But there isn’t any significance to it in the book.

By: 42

42 — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:25:43 +0000

If you’ve read the series than you would know that this phrase ( the answer to life, the universe, and everything ) is all throughout the book. That’s why this IS the best graph ever. Do you even know how to read a venn diagram? It’s either that or you read the whole series and took it seriously.

By: IBKC

IBKC — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:18:25 +0000

I should think you would know, Mr. Dent…

By: cyj70

cyj70 — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:38:42 +0000

lol, just watched that movie thursday.

By: zz

zz — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:39:39 +0000

Clearly very few people on GraphJam actually understand how to make correct graphs.

By: cb

cb — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:11:12 +0000

very lame – the graph really doesnt make any sense. yes i’ve read the series, but the graph sucks.

By: Evertide

Evertide — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:56:48 +0000

Old meme is OLD.

By: Max

Max — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:29:02 +0000

I thought I was the only one who figured it out.
OK hotshot, what’s the significance of base 13?

By: Jielun

Jielun — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:58:52 +0000

Actually, deep thought was wrong from the start since the answer to everything is four (4).

Since the answer given in this graph is 42, lets take that number as an example… 42 = 4+2 = 6, six is written with three letters, three with five and five with four letters.. (yes you could also do forty two = 8 letters, 8 is 5 letters and 5 is 4 again).

Since 4 is also written with 4 letters, you cannot go on anymore after this, therefor: Everything is 4.

By: butterflysigh

butterflysigh — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:52:17 +0000

it’s 42 in base 13

By: segaphile

segaphile — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:04:48 +0000

Really guys? REALLY? You’re going to dissect the inner workings and errors in a graph that is meant to convey a joke? It’s a humorous graph. Anal-retentive much? Go take a laxative or something.

By: segaphile

segaphile — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:01:22 +0000

Dude, go read the book.

BEST GRAPH EVER.

By: aegis3d

aegis3d — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:55:34 +0000

[img]http://jasonjeffrey.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/seal-of-awesomeness.jpg[img]

By: Green Is Good

Green Is Good — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:45:28 +0000

I lift my Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster to your graph.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:24:34 +0000

I thought for sure the 42 TPS reports was fake. Alas, I am 43rd.

By: Shisno

Shisno — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:48:07 +0000

42nd!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:32:39 +0000

Um. 54.

By: Mikey D

Mikey D — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:28:25 +0000

I would be happier if there had been humourous examples labelled for the intersections of life/everything, everything/universe and universe/life. Obviously, being a critic, I lack the intelligence to provide the humourous quotes myself.

By: anon-e-mouse

anon-e-mouse — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:06:14 +0000

Indeed… accurate quote FAIL.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:32:53 +0000

Good job guys. I was wondering if I was going to have to explain this myself. Way to nerd out all over the place. Good form.

By: Dylan H

Dylan H — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:04:42 +0000

Hitchhiker’s Guide ties with the Monty Python for being over-quoted. But I guess this graph had to be made sooner or later.

By: psychodarko

psychodarko — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:57:32 +0000

god bless the trilogy in 5 parts and there was no question that is what deep thought i.e earth was designed to find out but earth was destroyed before it had time to finish the question… either that or its because of the hairdressers!

By: psychodarko

psychodarko — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:55:50 +0000

doesn’t mean that Jesus Christ was 42 just that Jesus Christ is equal to 42

By: psychodarko

psychodarko — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:54:24 +0000

indeed the answer is 42 deep thought was created to find the question to the ultimate answer but its program never finished those damn hairdressers!!
although it may be What do you get when you multiply 6 by 9?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:29:08 +0000

What was the question? I just read the whole trilogy (in 5 parts) and missed the question.

By: Kit

Kit — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:23:14 +0000

Actually, it’s saying the answer to life, the universe, and everything. So it does work the way it is. No need to put them all inside each other.

By: Ma.Belle.Fleur

Ma.Belle.Fleur — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:20:13 +0000

Dig the reference!