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cat mum: what’s 6 times 7?
cat boy (making faces): 6 7!!!
cat mum: hilarious, as always. but actually …?
cat boy: 42
cat mum: 6 x 7 - 6 7 - is 42?!
cat boy: yeah … so?
cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!
cat boy: daddy! mommy’s being weird again!
cat dad: aww, you see son, - your mommy is just a huge dork!
cat mum: history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes!

  • 46_and_2@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Sorry to be pedantic, but wouldn’t this be the correct line:

    cat mum (making faces): that means 6 7 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything!

    42 is the answer

    • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net
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      5 hours ago

      Sorry to also be pedantic but, mathematically speaking, 42 is equal to 6×7, so they are essentially the same thing said in different terms.

    • huppakee@piefed.social
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      8 hours ago

      If 6x7=42 than 6x7 is also the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. According to my math teacher at least