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Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
 
I just noticed this; today's date is the eighth of the eighth, 2008.

It probably means something to someone, somewhere.

(Apart from my mate Dave that is, whose birthday it is today. Happy birthday Dave.)
 

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Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
 
Why do you think the Olympics starts today?
 

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Posted by manji (Member # 11600) on :
 
At 8:08 PM no less. That is, until they moved it up by thirty minutes.

[ August 08, 2008, 09:53 AM: Message edited by: manji ]
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
Yesterday was too early -- they needed an extra day to plan?
 

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Posted by anti_maven (Member # 9789) on :
 
I thought it was to conincide with Dave's birthday...

(I always thought he looked a bit Chinese)
 

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Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
I know a lot of people who are getting married today.
 

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Posted by MattP (Member # 10495) on :
 
My youngest boy was born on 6/6/6. A nurse mentioned that there were no inducements scheduled for that day.
 

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Posted by scholarette (Member # 11540) on :
 
My friend had a scheduled c-section and moved it up a few days to make sure her son was not born on 6-6-06.
 

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Posted by Aeroth (Member # 6269) on :
 
Today is actually my birthday, and I'm loving the novelty of the date.
 

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Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
 
I had that last year on 7/7/07. That was my birthday. It was pretty cool.
 

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Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
 
Just so you guys know- that was 888th post.

The Irony! O the Irony!
 

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Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
I knew a couple who got married on 06/06/06. It was strangely not crowded at the Salt Lake Temple that day.
 

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Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
 
Clay Aiken apparently had a baby born at 8:08 AM today too.
 

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Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
 

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Originally posted by Shawshank:
Just so you guys know- that was 888th post.

The Irony! O the Irony!

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Like rain on your wedding day?
 

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Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
 
I've been feeling somewhat down today, and of all the things that could have helped, this thread did so the most.
 

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Posted by Lostinspace (Member # 11633) on :
 
My mom always refered to these as Golden Days and if it fell on your birthday of your age it was your Golden birthday so for example an 8 year old today would have their golden birthday.
 

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Posted by Sean Monahan (Member # 9334) on :
 
In biblical numerology, 888 stands for Jesus.
 

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Posted by Rodger Brown (Member # 11476) on :
 
Had two weddings today thats right two. That I went to not that I was married twice today.
 

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Posted by Brett Moan (Member # 11641) on :
 
08-08-08 is the official "Lose the Game" day

I just lost the game.
 

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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Everybody knows that the 8th son of an 8th son will become a wizard. Occasionally even when the son is a girl.
And the 8th son of an 8th son of an 8th son is born a sourcerer. Born as a source of magic; which has a troubling characteristic of infecting vast areas with highly concentrated magical energy; troublesome enough that most wizards maintain celebacy to avoid even the remote possibility of having an 8th son.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 

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Originally posted by MattP:
My youngest boy was born on 6/6/6. A nurse mentioned that there were no inducements scheduled for that day.

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