It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question

Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by drawqrtz on Sunday October 17, 2021 @10:32AM (#28896732)

I thought it's that you have to cross 42 bridges in your life.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by nickthemagicman on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:06AM (#28896999)

Not trying to brag but I've crossed hundreds of bridges.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by hutzlibu on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:17AM (#28897078)

Ah, but how many metaphorical bridges?

(but btw. the parent comment was a reference to the book, where someone tried to come up with a fake question, matching the answer)

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by nickthemagicman on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:31AM (#28897175)

I don't think metaphorically I think meta42ically. It's topical.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by dylan604 on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:14AM (#28897057)

But which ones and in which order? And in whose shoes?

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by nickthemagicman on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:32AM (#28897182)

Some guy who told me to try walking a mile in his shoes. So I beat him up and took his shoes.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by dylan604 on Sunday October 17, 2021 @02:06PM (#28898390)

If he was suggesting to walk in his shoes, did you really need to use the violence? It sounds like he was offering them? Are you a really just the troll from under the bridge?

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by selimthegrim on Saturday October 23, 2021 @06:41PM (#28973085)

At least then he didn't ask you where you got them.

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by dudul on Sunday October 17, 2021 @12:22PM (#28897559)

Wasn't it how many roads a man must travel instead?

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by hutzlibu on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:18AM (#28897081)

You would have fallen to a scam then ...

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Re:It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answere... by anon321321323 on Sunday October 17, 2021 @11:34AM (#28897189)

I've got a bridge for sale...

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