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James Smith 💾

Spotted at my local leisure centre, in the car park, this wonderful piece of whimsy…

A small sign, such as you might get in an art gallery, that reads: Artist: F. Prefect (b. 1955) Piece: Life, The Universe & Everything 2016 Steel, Paint H.O.M.A Horsham Objects of Modern Art Sponsored by HEX This triptych of columns was created in 2016 to mark the 15th anniversary of the untimely passing of Douglas Adams and situated so as to blend into the benign setting of a leisure centre car park. The eponymously named installation, an homage to the 3rd book in the Hitchhikers series, has the structures of 'Life and Everything' standing aside column number '42' as the "Universe'. Each column, like a vertical time capsule, holds a carefully wrapped towel, six packets of salted peanuts and the recipe for a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. A much love mile marker for the park joggers of Golgafrincham the trio of columns, in Shaftspole's style, is a firm favourite for humans and other forms of alien life that find themselves stranded on the planet. Much loved apart of course by the Vogons, they hate it. "The Answer to the Great Question. Of Life, the Universe and Everything. Is. Forty-two,' said Deep Thought with infinite majesty and calm." Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The full installation; three vertical tubes/pipes/poles in a car park, with the maintenance number 42 on the central one.
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Michael ᚋᚔᚉᚆᚓᚐᚂ

@Floppy funnily enough, stopped at red signals today (yes cabbies, I stop at reds), I counted NINE motor related poles on the traffic island in front of me.

I’m here for this whimsy drawing attention to it.

Stingray's Badger Friend

@Floppy

I love this.

It's made me smile which is a rather big achievement of late

Jonathan B ✈️🪄👨🏻‍💻

@Floppy awesome! Apparently there are others in the area!

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