I sit here on the eve of my 42nd birthday. I think about what the number means.
On the surface, that answer is easy. 42 is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe and Everything. For those uninitiated, get yourself a copy of “The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy”
What else does the number 42 mean?
In the bible, the number is: The number of months the Beast will hold dominion over the Earth (Revelation 13:5).
There are 42 lines on each page of the Gutenberg Bible, sometimes called the 42-line Bible.
“42” is an episode of Doctor Who, set in real-time lasting approximately 42 minutes.
In Baseball, 42 is the number for Jackie Robinson and has now been retired across all of baseball.
There are 42 Laws of Cricket
The game of Risk has 42 territories
In New York, 42nd street is one of the most popular street. Home of the some of the best New York theaters.
Most dogs have 42 teeth.
IPv4 has 4.2 billion + unique IP address. 4,294,967,296 to be exact.
Elvis died at the age of 42. 🙁
Elvis’ Father also died at age 42.
Juliet awoke after 42 hours of drinking her potion.
Gimli kills 42 foes in The Lord of the Rings
42 is the age you can be elected consul in the Roman Republic
Fox Mulder lives in apartment 42.
There are 42 pips on a pair-of-dice.
The ASCII code for 42 is the asterisk: *
My 501 waist size is 42.
Well it’s 42 minutes before midnight, so it’s time to say goodnight.
