Deep Thought: “The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything…

Deep Thought: “The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is…”
Philosophers:”Yes?…”
Deep Thought:”IS…”
Philosophers (slightly higher):”Yes?…”
Deep Thought: “IS…”
Philosophers (really high):”Yes?…”
Deep Thought: 42.
Philosopher 1:”We are gonna get lynched y’know that?”

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Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for tidbits, so they eventually gave up and left the Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived. - View Quote Details on Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending…
He [Arthur] hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife. - View Quote Details on He [Arthur] hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife…
Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. - View Quote Details on Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything…
Ford: “It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”
Arthur: “What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?”
Ford: “You ask a glass of water.” - View Quote Details on Arthur: "What's so unpleasant...">Ford: “It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”
Arthur: “What’s so unpleasant…
Many had seen it as clinching proof that the whole of known creation had finally gone bananas. - View Quote Details on Many had seen it as clinching proof that the whole…
The trouble with most forms of transport, he thought, is basically one of them not being worth all the bother. On Earth – when there had been an Earth, before it was demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass – the problem had been with cars. The disadvantages involved in pulling lots of black sticky slime from out of the ground where it had been safely hidden out of harm’s way, turning it into tar to cover the land with, smoke to fill the air with and pouring the rest into the sea, all seemed to outweigh the advantages of being able to get more quickly from one place to another – particularly when the place you arrived at had probably become, as a result of this, very similar to the place you had left, i.e. covered with tar, full of smoke and short of fish. - View Quote Details on The trouble with most forms of transport, he thought, is…
“If I had two heads like you, Zaphod, I could have hours of fun banging them against a wall.” - The Hitchhiker’s Guide the Galaxy Radio Series. - View Quote Details on “If I had two heads like you, Zaphod, I could…
Please do not be alarmed,” it said, “by anything you see or hear around you. You are bound to feel some initial ill effects as you have been rescued from certain death at an improbability level of two to the power two hundred and seventy-six thousand to one against – possibly much higher. We are now cruising at a level of two to the power of twenty-five thousand to one against and falling, and we will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure of what is normal anyway. - View Quote Details on Please do not be alarmed,” it said, “by anything you…
It said: ‘The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases.
“For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question How can we eat? the second by the question Why do we eat? and the third by the question Where shall we have lunch?” - View Quote Details on It said: ‘The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends…
Sorry, did I say something wrong?” said Marvin, dragging himself on regardless. “Pardon me for breathing, which I never do anyway so I don’t know why I bother to say it, oh God I’m so depressed. Here’s another one of those self-satisfied doors. Life! Don’t talk to me about life. - View Quote Details on Sorry, did I say something wrong?” said Marvin, dragging himself…