42 Things To Do On The Day Of The Answer To Life, The Universe, And Everything

  1. Eat fish, dolphin friendly only, please.
  2. Make a quilt with 42 squares, each representing something significant to you (birthsign, favourite fruit, etc.).
  3. Make a collage that includes 42 different colours of candy (use Smarties - UK and US types, Skittles, M&M's, Wonka Nerds, etc.).
  4. Write a story that includes 42 words you've never used before.
  5. Draw something with 42 different colours in it.
  6. Make a mixed tape/cd with 42 of your favourite songs on it.
  7. Write a big 42 in the snow in your neightbour's front yard, deny your involvement.
  8. Any time anyone asks you a question, answer with nothing but "42".
  9. Write a list of 42 things you wouldn't do, eat, say, etc., unless someone paid you a million dollars to do so.
  10. Say something nice to 42 different people, whether you know them or not.
  11. Make 42 different icons for your computer/website.
  12. One at a time (one a day or one a week ending on this day) leave 42 concrete garden gnomes in your friend's yard, deny your involvement. (This has happened to someone I know, just ask azhreia.)
  13. Rearrange your CDs/books/etc., so they're all in groups of 42.
  14. Finish every meal in 42 bites, no more, no less.
  15. Learn the words/lyrics to 42 poems/songs (go for the Ogden Nash variety, they're short and easy.)
  16. Make a necklace that uses 42 beads, pieces of metal, rocks, etc.
  17. Get a tattoo of a 42.
  18. Create a new system of time/calendar, based on 42 day months, 42 minute hours, 42 hour days, etc.
  19. Pick out 42 places you'd go if you had the chance (countries, historical places, mix'n'match, etc.)
  20. Read 42 pages of the book you've currently got going.
  21. Do 42 minutes of exercise.
  22. Take a 42 minute powernap right after.
  23. Rip off 42 squares of toilet paper in a single thingie, hang it from something.
  24. Gather 42 people, sing a song to the praises of 42, do this in a public place.
  25. Play a card game using only 42 cards from the deck.
  26. Plant 42 seeds of different plants, or 42 seeds of one plant, if you're that way inclined.
  27. Invite someone over your house for a light meal, write "For tea, two" on the invitation.
  28. Spend 42 minutes going for a walk.
  29. Write a list of "42 Ways To Leave Your Lover" or "Love Your Liver", whichever you prefer.
  30. Watch only 42 minutes of any hour-long tv program, make up your own ending.
  31. Learn a word that's 42 letters long.
  32. Learn pi to 42 decimal places.
  33. Learn how to write 42 in hex.
  34. Learn how to say 42 in a different language (42 different languages, if you can manage it.)
  35. Send out 42 postcards to 42 different people.
  36. Pick a random person off the street, and give them 42 pennies.
  37. Go to a restaurant, order the 42nd item on the menu, no matter what it is.
  38. Go to a tall building, visit the 42nd floor, say hello to someone.
  39. Make a big poster with the number 42 on it, decorate it, be psychedelic even.
  40. Walk 42 steps from the front of your home, take a picture.
  41. Get in your car/on a bus, drive 42 minutes from where you started. Depending on where you end up, do something appropriate.
  42. Write a poem/song/story/list containing 42 things to do on the day of the answer to life, the universe, and everything/etc. about 42.