Should we ask him about the meaning of life?

April 9, 2001 12:20 PM

Should we ask him about the meaning of life? According to French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine, the most likely answer to the question "who runs the world" is: "Nobody (or chance or chaos theory)."
posted by andrewraff (7 comments total)

"Who runs the world?"

Isn't it this man?
posted by jpoulos at 12:58 PM on April 9, 2001

No, it's this man.
posted by PWA_BadBoy at 1:15 PM on April 9, 2001

Funny... I thought it was this man.
posted by fusinski at 1:42 PM on April 9, 2001

That's very French.

(And I don't think Easy Al G runs the world: it's just that people think he does, like that little man in the cottage in Hitch-hiker.)
posted by holgate at 1:43 PM on April 9, 2001

"There is no conspiracy. Nobody is in charge. It's a headless blunder operating under the illusion of a master plan."
posted by webmutant at 4:09 PM on April 9, 2001

Silly rabbit, this man is behind it all.
posted by gleemax at 4:39 PM on April 9, 2001

No. My American Lit professor rules the world. Or he will, when the evil plans of the Professor Ihrman Fan Club unfold...
posted by dagnyscott at 7:15 AM on April 10, 2001