INTRODUCTION
It is my birthday, and this year the number is the same as the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
OTHER 42s
There are a total of forty-two eyes in a standard deck of playing cards – three two-eyed kings, one one-eyed king, all four queens are two-eyed, and two two-eyed and two one-eyed jacks makes a total of 21, which needs to be doubled as the faces appear twice on each card.
There are 42 spots on a pair of standard dice – 21 on each.
The great game of cricket has a code of 42 laws governing it. Law 42 governs fair and unfair play. The most important phrase in this law is: “the umpires shall be the sole judges of fair and unfair play“.
Adams is not the only famous writer to have used the number 42 – Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll was responsible for the following:
- The original Alice in Wonderland had 42 illustrations
- “All persons more than a mile high to leave the court” was Rule 42.
- The Baker in The Hunting of the Snark had 42 boxes
A COUPLE OF “HITCHHIKER” LINKS
To conclude this brief Birthday post I hand over to Laina of thesilentwaveblog with:
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