BS: meaning of life

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Bill D
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 02:37 PM

I have been collecting cartoons on "The Meaning of Life" for 40 years.....the whole POINT is that it is simply a pointless question.

http://home.comcast.net/~somethingextree/life/page1s.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~somethingextree/life/page2s.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~somethingextree/life/page3s.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~somethingextree/life/page4s.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~somethingextree/life/page5s.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~somethingextree/life/page6s.jpg

....maybe I'll scan the other 15-20 pages soon.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 01:58 PM

So far all of you have proved my theory to be right, especially robert burk who can't think farther than his animalistic instinct.
I haven't found two people who had the same idea for life in this thread, except for those that say it is 42. Thank you for proving me right.
Teacher

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Rapparee
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 01:43 PM

If there's a meaning, there must be a dictionary somewhere....

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: JennyO
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 12:53 PM

...thereby confirming Arthur Dent's feeling that there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe. The trick is in knowing the question!

Actually, I think Slartibartfast had it right:

"Hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied."

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Donuel
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 12:53 PM

My eight year old used base seven to compute in terms of days of the week.
What day of the week is Thursday divided by Tuesday next?

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Sooz
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 11:37 AM

42 may well be the answer to the ultimate question, but if you check your Douglas Adams carefully, the question was, "what is 6 x 9?"

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 11:31 AM

It could be the lone ranger song as well, Paul

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Was it you who said there are only 10 kinds of people in the world? Those that understand binary and those that don't?

Cheers

DtG

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: number 6
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 11:25 AM

blame it on the salmon mousse.

sIx

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: mack/misophist
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 11:15 AM

If life is to have any meaning it must be imposed on it by the person living it; otherwise it has none at all.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Paul Burke
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 10:53 AM

Wrong, DtG, 101010 is what dwarves sing. Try XLII or mubeta.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 10:43 AM

How many times do you need telling, the meaning of life is 42

eric

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: GUEST,Mrr
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 09:58 AM

Eat. Survive. Reproduce. And, if you're human, have fun while causing fun to be had.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Rapparee
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 09:31 AM

Is one in base 6 know as sexy?

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 09:24 AM

Incidentaly is a numbering system that uses base 7 known as septic?

:D

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 09:22 AM

It could be 101010

or 52

or 2A

But I doubt it.

DtG

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Rapparee
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 09:15 AM

There's a meaning to all this? Coulda fooled me!

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Donuel
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 09:05 AM

Catherine Harris will tell you what it is.
bin Laden will tell you what it is.
Jerry Falwell will tell you.

Why doesn't GUEST tell us. After all its
It's thread.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: John O'L
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 06:44 AM

"Wrong"? What is this "wrong"?

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: *Laura*
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 06:38 AM

Liff.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Paul Burke
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 06:23 AM

Sooz has found a DIFFERENT meaning to life- either SoixantexNeuf, or 54. (I don't believe in 54any more, 54's an illusion..)

As for our anonymous "philosopher", let's get this straight... YOU want to prove a theory, so you ask US to explain why it's wrong before you've even presented that proof? On second thoughts, PLEASE don't answer, just try to explain it to the nurse.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 06:16 AM

"I believe most of the people are on the wrong path in life. "
I don't agree, teacher. Most people are doing just exactly what they are born to do, and choose to do. Even doing something "wrong" is an opportunity to learn and move on.

I am also distrustful of any philosophy, whether religious or secular, that has as one of its base suppositions the fact that "other" people are "wrong".

freda

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: gnomad
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 04:22 AM

Teacher, are you certain they are on any path?

I've long thought most are simply adrift. Just once in a while we spot a clump of weeds towards which we paddle; sometimes we reach it, often we don't. When we do reach it the weed is seldom what we thought anyway.

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 04:12 AM

I could play my part in life a lot better if I had a copy of the script.

LTS

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Sooz
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 04:08 AM

6 x 9

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Little Robyn
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 03:51 AM

I was going to say that!
42!
Robyn

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 01:58 AM

42

eric

Subject: RE: meaning of life
From: Barry Finn
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 01:10 AM

Put this piece ,,,, down below. Can't these guests get it right.
Barry

Subject: meaning of life
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Aug 06 - 12:55 AM

I want to prove one theory that is lingering in my mind for long. I believe most of the people are on the wrong path in life. If you don't agree please explain it lucidly.
Teacher