Q: what is the meaning of life, didn't you say you found it, do you still hesitate to say it?
A: the thing about it is, when we say "it" it sounds like something you can count. it sounds like 1, really. if someone says "found it", how many things do we think they are talking about? 1, probably. well the thing about the *meaning of life* is, ............. most of the time, the quantity it seems to be dealing with is more 'infinite' in style. which, strangely, can almost appear identical to the number '0', any time you try to quantify it or do any definitive reporting on it.. so it's not so much hesitation, it's more just like that stupid feeling when you're a math teacher and one day you have to say "ok folks, here's something called the 'reflexive property' which says a=a. it literally means things equal themselves. wasn't that important, aren't you glad i said that, don't you feel like that was an important use of time to say that"