# I Just Figured Out The Meaning Of LIfe... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892 "2001-11-17T04:14:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/21 "2001-11-17T19:36:13Z")
But what about those poor souls who have no duct tape? Or those who have never seen duct tape? Or who come from cultures in which there is no duct tape, who have no source for duct tape, who probably have no idea that the Great Adhesive even exists? We ought to get a mission together to distribute duct tape to the needy, the oppressed, the tapeless. We must stick it to the masses! ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/22 "2001-11-17T19:43:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tevya \* > \*\*A. Who is this **JellyDonut** of which everyone is speaking?/B] 'Tis I. I recently had a username change. I’m Palve now. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/23 "2001-11-17T19:47:02Z")
There are those who believe that the quality of your dreams is the quality of your eternity. O.K., so I lied, I made that up. Today, though, the meaning of my life is a Hugo Boss houndstooth jacket at a ridiculously low, low, price. Woohoo! It takes so little. ---
**Author:** ![With\_Rye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/24 "2001-11-17T19:50:41Z")
I’ve known the meaning of life for quite some time now. It’s rather simply actually. The meaning of life is to find the meaning of life. There. Now that we’ve found it, we can die happy. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/25 "2001-11-17T21:18:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scribble \* > \*\*But what about those poor souls who have no duct tape? Or those who have never seen duct tape? Or who come from cultures in which there is no duct tape, who have no source for duct tape, who probably have no idea that the Great Adhesive even exists? > > We ought to get a mission together to distribute duct tape to the needy, the oppressed, the tapeless. We must stick it to the masses! \*\* Bah! You infidel! Everyone knows the Great Adhesive is Super Glue [sup]TM [/sup] and the number one prophet is that Hard Hat Guy stuck to the Steel Beam 30 floors off the Ground. If my fingers weren’t all stuck together, I would join a club and beat you until you saw the light [sub]and purty little stars, too! [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kathleen_de_Trelare)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/26 "2001-11-17T21:59:40Z")
Life has a meaning? Why didn’t someone tell me sooner? All this time I’ve been thinking that life is just a really long, drawn out dream and I would wake up soon and everything would be perfect. Lately, though, it’s been a horrible nightmare and my only consolation has been to hope that I would wake up soon. Then someone told me to get over it. He told me that life wasn’t a dream, that I was already awake, and that life would never be perfect. Of course,I didn’t believe him. But now I find out that life has a meaning. If that’s true, then all those other dreadful things might be true, too. OH HORRORS!!! If life does have a meaning(and I’m not by any means sure that it does), I’m persuaded it must be superglue. My fingernails wouldn’t look nearly as natural if they were held on by duct tape. Of course, there is a downside to superglue. It’s stays stuck to teeth for a really long time and brushing doesn’t help. It just cleans the superglue. ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/27 "2001-11-17T22:13:18Z")
The Meaning of Life is to learn to spell exist **e** nce. * * * and think about sex, TN\*hippie ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/28 "2001-11-17T22:19:00Z")
The Meaning of Life is to learn to spell existence. * * * and think about sex, TN\*hippie That is one of the best post/sig combos I’ve seen in a while. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/29 "2001-11-18T00:01:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scribble \* > \*\*But what about those poor souls who have no duct tape? Or those who have never seen duct tape? Or who come from cultures in which there is no duct tape, who have no source for duct tape, who probably have no idea that the Great Adhesive even exists? > \*\* I pitty them. ---
**Author:** ![mancunian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mancunian/32/12244_2.png) [@mancunian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mancunian)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/30 "2001-11-18T00:58:46Z")
As the Romans said “fuctifino” ---
**Author:** ![Tabeitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b3f665/32.png) [@Tabeitha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabeitha)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/31 "2001-11-18T02:08:42Z")
The meaning of life is learning to understand those little voices in your head so they don’t drive you crazier 😉 > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TN_hippie \* > **The Meaning of Life is to learn to spell exist** e\*\*nce. > > * * * > > and think about sex, > TN\*hippie \*\* Oh…and that too. ---
**Author:** ![TN\_hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TN\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TN_hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/32 "2001-11-18T04:29:05Z")
**Crunchy Frog** and **Tabeitha** … Thanks. Your compliments make me feel all warm and fuzzy. * * * and think about sex, TN\*hippie ---
**Author:** ![Solomon7t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Solomon7t](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solomon7t)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/33 "2001-11-18T04:41:34Z")
Allow me to clear this whole thing up for you all. The ultimate answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything= 42 The question to the ultimate answer about life, the universe and everything= 7\*6 God’s final words to his creation= “We apologize for the inconvenience.” I hope that will clear everything up for all you mortals out there living on the whimpy third dimension. Happy sleeping and dont forget your towels! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@The\_Mick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mick)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/34 "2001-11-18T08:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palve \* > \*\*It’s nothing. We humans are so arrogant that we think our very existance needs some justification, that there just _has_ to be some reason, some cosmic meaning, behind it. > > So 😛 on you. \*\* How arrogant are you to think you’ve one-upped the whole species in logical thinking? Perhaps there is a meaning to life. Don’t think of yourself as Socrates just because you came up with **that**. No major offense intended, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/35 "2001-11-18T10:09:32Z")
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s answer to the meaning of life: “To be the eyes, ears, and conscious of the Creator of the universe.”[sup]I think that’s right…[/sup] My answer: Sex. And mind-altering substances. [sup]And masturbation if the first one isn’t available… [/sup] Thought you’d like to know…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frosfir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@Frosfir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosfir)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/36 "2001-11-18T13:33:54Z")
so the meanin of life is… what? Not just anything, but the **conclusion** … To cats, the meaning of life is to get outta my way To crunchy frogs, the meaning of life is to sit in the middle of the road and hopefully deflate car tires and survive at the same time (undoubtfully) To dragons, the meaning of life is to reek havoc and cause destrution wherever they go (i wish i were a dragon…) To humans, the meaning of life is… cereal, board games, and JELLY DONUTS. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/37 "2001-11-18T13:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Frosfir \* > \*\*To cats, the meaning of life is to get outta my way > \*\* ah-ah-ah-HEM… you made a typo there… to you, the meaning of life is to get outta THIS cat’s way… harrumph… _sound of claws being unsheathed menacingly_ ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/38 "2001-11-18T14:59:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Solomon7t \* > \*\*Allow me to clear this whole thing up for you all. > > The ultimate answer to the ultimate question about life, the universe, and everything= 42 > > The question to the ultimate answer about life, the universe and everything= 7\*6 > > God’s final words to his creation= “We apologize for the inconvenience.”\*\* See, I told ya. That’s a perfect example of life as a joke, played by the general on the specific. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/39 "2001-11-19T17:30:26Z")
I believe that the question is “What you get when you multiply six by nine” Answer: Forty-two Actually is true in base 13. I agree with **Gunslinger** 42! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/40 "2001-11-19T21:03:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wonko The Sane \* > \*\*I believe that the question is “What you get when you multiply six by nine” > > Answer: Forty-two > > Actually is true in base 13. > \*\* It can’t be true in base 13. 6 \* 9 is an odd number, but 4 \* 13 + 2 is an even number. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892.md?page=3)