Why does everyone keep on saying 42? Seriously, what is it? Just appears to be a number to me.

Yup.
Like Tojka said, we're just miniscule grains of sand in a gigantic ever expanding desert, so we might as well make the most of our time here.

It's a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" reference. Read the series - you won't be disappointed, I promise.

I voted the religion choice because I believe it in fair amount, but as to the nuts and bolts of "why am I here" still eludes me.

Life certainly hasn't shaped up the way I had planned or hoped. Heavily disappointing at times, but I'm very blessed in other ways.

In the grand scheme of the universe/eternity, nothing you do really matters...except, perhaps, how you touch the lives of those around you and make their world a better place to live in.

I naturally repel people, so you can imagine how I generally feel about life. The more I try to positively impact another person's life, the more I seem to make things worse. So far, I seem to do the most good by minding my own business.

The funniest statement I heard in a while went along the lines of....

Life is a trial filled with hardship, emptiness and despair....but eventually you find a hairdresser you like.

Meaning of life = carnage

I've found that life has no meaning and then I said "oh well" and got over it.