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Originally Posted by whoiam
Whenever anything in sci-fi is timed or delayed, it's either for a multiple of 47 seconds, or by a multiple of 47 seconds (depending on whether it's a timer or delay). Thus, 47 is the universal delay constant.
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But it isn't, is it? For example, all-in-all, Arthur Dent's dental appointments were delayed throughout his timestream by exactly forty-two seconds.