What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9? [ Edited ]

[pgn Level 45: Knowing]

I just had to share this, if only because it was in the FT and it's about one of my favourite literary works... 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Gx6N16OCy7YYgtyswMv_CkS6OgUtuo3/view?usp=drivesdk

Moved to Gdrive, &#"+ paywall... 

[jonsie Level 94: Supreme]

No offence....why on earth would I want to subscribe to the Financial Times.....

[Mi-Amigo Level 36: Perceptive]

@pgn 

told me, I got to subscribe to read it 

[pgn Level 45: Knowing]

Changed the link now @Mi-Amigo and @jonsie

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Gx6N16OCy7YYgtyswMv_CkS6OgUtuo3/view?usp=drivesdk

[Cleoriff Level 90: Eminent]

Yes same here...so as they say on Dragons Den...I'm out.

[pgn Level 45: Knowing]

Look again, I've recooked it, @Cleoriff. 

[jonsie Level 94: Supreme]

That link works @pgn 

Though I have to say that I seem to have outgrown that partcular franchise.

[Mi-Amigo Level 36: Perceptive]

Thanks @pgn 

Only thing I don`t get is the question in the title of your thread - or am I missing something   ? 

[Cleoriff Level 90: Eminent]

Ok..thanks

[MI5 Level 94: Supreme]

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@Mi-Amigo wrote:

Thanks @pgn 

Only thing I don`t get is the question in the title of your thread - or am I missing something   ? 

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What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

"Six by nine. Forty two."
"That's it. That's all there is."
"I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe"
...

Well as most people know, the “answer” to this question (in the Hitchhikers universe) is 42.

When Douglas Adams was asked whether he invented this question because six times nine is actually 54, which is 42 when written in base thirteen, he replied: