Forty-two

Forty-two is an integer. Quotes England has forty-two religions and only two sauces. Voltaire, quoted in Connie Robertson, "A Dictionary of Quotations" (1998), Page 447. The poor fatherless baby of eight months is now the utterly broken-hearted and crushed widow of forty-two. Queen Victoria, quoted in Helen Rappaport Queen Victoria: A Biographical Companion (2003), Page 407. Rule forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court. Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', Ch. 12 - Alice's Evidence. Yet still to choose a brat like you,To haunt a man of forty-two,Was no great compliment!" Lewis Carroll, Phantasmagoria (1869), Canto 1. There was one who was famed for the number of thingsHe forgot when he entered the ship:His umbrella, his watch, all his jewels and rings,And the clothes he had bought for the trip.He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,With his name painted clearly on each:But, since he omitted to mention the fact,They were all left behind on the beach. Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, Fit the First : The Landing "Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. "The Answer to the Great Question, of Life, the Universe and Everything" Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, chapter 27. Legolas: Final count, forty-two.Gimli: Forty-two? Oh, that's not bad for a pointy-eared elvish princeling. Hmph! I myself am sitting pretty on forty-THREE. Film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (2001). External links 42 (number) forty-two Category:Integers