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I know people who are getting married, thinking 11 is the lucky lottery number, etc. Today is my brother's birthday so he's uber excited

For some superstitious belief systems, 11-11-11 means everyone is number one at everything they do.

Apparently many were expecting 'weird stuff' to happen at 11am*... trouble is, I think many of these people forgot that 11 occurs at a different time of day for different parts of the world so if the world was going to end or aliens appear at 11am (or 11:11am) they would have to have chosen what time zone this was in


*Apart from the traditional 2 min silence, of course...

For a very, very, short time in my life (just barely long enough to check out a library book), I confused number theory with numerology. I kept thinking "this use of numbers is making absolutely no sense!"

I got an email from Writer's Digest this morning

The Day You've Been Waiting for
No, not 11/11/11…
OUR WAREHOUSE
SALE OF THE CENTURY!

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November 11th is Remembrance Day. I just thought this was a little tacky, especially with the big red type and WD's red, round logo. It arrived just before 11 am, in time for the two minutes of silence.

I know any offense is unintentional, but WD has gotten so tacky these last few years. It's disappointing.

Soooo, where's the eggplant?

On the 2010 Remembrance Day, I was sitting outside the coffee shop I often go to. A guy I hardly knew was sitting near me, talking to me.

He had speech and body difficulties - I think he'd had a stroke at some point. But he also seemed to be a bit of a jerk, and didn't say appropriate things most of the time.

So the minute of silence starts, and I shut up, and he just keeps saying things. People were shooshing him, I was glaring at him, but still he'd just say something in his brash voice, wait 10 seconds for me to reply, then when I said nothing he'd say something else.

I was so embarrassed to be the person he was talking to. I barely even knew the guy, and I didn't like him in any case.

But I didn't want to tell him to shut up and point out the minute of silence for 2 reasons.

1. That would've meant I was talking too, which I didn't think was right.
2. He wouldn't have shut up. I knew him well enough to know that.

Made me so mad.

threedogpeople said:

Thoughts????

Don't know why, exactly, but I've been looking forward to this date.

I think, if I have to write a hopefully soon to be extinct, paper check that I'll keep writing 11-11-11 for a few days....

It seems more simple than 11-12-11 or 11-13-11.

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We've already had it. Nothing happened. Well, a baby was born at 11 minutes past eleven in Hawkesbury Hospital - but nothing else happened. A lot like Y2K, actually. Which is good, because I hadn't vacuumed. If the world is going to end I want to have vacuumed first.

ETA: It looks like a perfectly nice baby, but not the messiah or anything...

mccardey said:

It looks like a perfectly nice baby, but not the messiah or anything...

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"He's not the messiah - he's a very naughty boy."

Ugh. Speak and there he is...

I mentioned the stroke guy who talked during last Remembrance Day, then went and tried to catch the bus to work. (Well, bus then train then bus, but I digress.)

So my first bus is 10 minutes late, and I'm getting peeved. It finally gets there, and then it stops at the next stop - to pick up stroke guy!

I should've known it for the omen it was. I missed my train.

Fortunately, I caught the next train, got to the next bus place with 1 minute to spare - and then unfortunately THAT bus was 30 minutes late! @#@#$@%

So I made it to work - barely - on time, when I should've had a stress-free morning. So I was stressed at work, and had a horrible time.

THANKS A LOT STROKE GUY!!!

Cliff Face said:

Ugh. Speak and there he is...

I mentioned the stroke guy who talked during last Remembrance Day, then went and tried to catch the bus to work. (Well, bus then train then bus, but I digress.)

So my first bus is 10 minutes late, and I'm getting peeved. It finally gets there, and then it stops at the next stop - to pick up stroke guy!

I should've known it for the omen it was. I missed my train.

Fortunately, I caught the next train, got to the next bus place with 1 minute to spare - and then unfortunately THAT bus was 30 minutes late! @#@#$@%

So I made it to work - barely - on time, when I should've had a stress-free morning. So I was stressed at work, and had a horrible time.

THANKS A LOT STROKE GUY!!!

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Cl-i-i-i-i-ff - you know I love you, but don't call him stroke-guy. You know we're all just one stroke away from being stroke-guy, right?

Blame Public Transport That's what I do ...

SinisterCola said:

I know people who are getting married, thinking 11 is the lucky lottery number, etc. Today is my brother's birthday so he's uber excited

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No lie, I actually did get married today! (well technically yesterday)

mccardey said:

Cl-i-i-i-i-ff - you know I love you, but don't call him stroke-guy. You know we're all just one stroke away from being stroke-guy, right?

Blame Public Transport That's what I do ...

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I was thinking much the same thing about calling him that.

But honestly, I can't remember his name, and what the stroke did to him is his biggest defining feature.

But I retract all name-calling. I'll call him Fluffy instead.

I mentioned Fluffy, then went out, then he was there. The end.