From: "John Griffiths" 


"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen"  wrote in
message news:da6skh$v22$1{at}domitilla.aioe.org...
> James St. John-Pynchon wrote:
> > Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
Spiny
> > Norman of alt.fan.monty-python make plain:
> >
> >
> >>(If your name is yim jaokum please do not reply unless you have solid
> >>and friendly information.)
> >
> >
> > So, it's OK for the rest of us to reply with unsolid and/or unfriendly
> > information?
>
> Sure, I don't know about alt.fan.monty-python, but solid facts was never
> our truly stong side over here at alt.fan.douglas-adams :-)
>
> For instance, did ou know that Douglas Adams invented the number 42?
> Before that, everyone had to count direct from 41 to 43. It was a hell
> for the mathematicians, I tell you!

Piffle and tommyrot, mathematicians did have a concept of forty-two-ness,
    just not the same 42; thats all - John

>
> Best
>    K†re

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