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Offline Roger Kettle

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The Number 23.
« on: February 21, 2007, 10:46:40 PM »
As I'm sure you all know, a Jim Carrey blockbuster called "The Number 23" is about to hit our screens this week. It makes the point that this number is magical, mystical, all-powerful and the answer to everything that has ever happened in the Universe.
I was born on the 23rd of June.
Beau Peep first appeared 2/11/1978. If you multiply the day by the month and add the first number of the year, you get...23.
A Man Called Horace first appeared 4/5/1989. If you add the middle four numbers, you get...23.
If you add up the letters in "The Daily Star An' The Mirror", you get...23.
On the 23rd of June, 1974,,,I was 23.
This Friday---just two days after I write this---will be the 23rd.
There have been 20 Beau Peep books...just three short of 23.
Coincidence? I think not.


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Offline Mince

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2007, 10:53:53 PM »
Now count your brain cells, Roger. Scary, or what?
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2007, 12:33:22 AM »
Actually, it should be 17, but that's freakin' Hollywood for you.
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2007, 09:00:31 AM »
This is all rather unnerving.

I'm the Peepmaster, and I was 23 once. If you reverse the same numbers you get 32 - a number that also once correlated to an age I happened to be.

What's more, Sutherland The Peepmaster = 23 characters!

It just goes on and on...
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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2007, 10:03:59 AM »
How apt...
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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2007, 10:28:55 AM »
Scary stuff indeed.

Now I'll need to get my calculator out to see if I have any 23's.

I need a calculator as I haven't been able to add up since I was 5..........
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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2007, 02:51:32 AM »
Call me old-fashioned but I believe that Douglas Adams had it right when he said that 42 is the answer to the meaning of life.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2007, 09:25:38 AM »
I don't want to start an international incident or nuthin' but 42 is totally polluted by a multitude of denominators.

17 I tell you!
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2007, 10:09:05 AM »
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on February 23, 2007, 09:25:38 AM
I don't want to start an international incident or nuthin' but 42 is totally polluted by a multitude of denominators.

17 I tell you!

That's interesting. If you add the individual constituent figures in each of those numbers, (4 & 2; 1 & 7) you get a completely different number in both cases - 6 & 8, neither of which are the same. However, combined, they add up to 14, which just happens to be the first figures in each original number (42 & 17), but reversed! I've always found maths fascinating.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2007, 10:11:57 AM »
Quote from: The Peepmaster on February 23, 2007, 10:09:05 AM
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on February 23, 2007, 09:25:38 AM
I don't want to start an international incident or nuthin' but 42 is totally polluted by a multitude of denominators.

17 I tell you!

 I've always found maths fascinating.

I'm sure it's mutual.
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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2007, 06:53:01 PM »
What day is it?
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2007, 07:25:33 PM »
Monday - unless you're reading this tomorrow, then it's Tuesday.
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2007, 08:15:30 PM »
My total time logged in is 23 hours 23 minutes.
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2007, 08:54:03 PM »
Mine is 28 hours and 6 minutes. So there - there's nothing in it.
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Offline Mince

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Re: The Number 23.
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2007, 09:10:25 PM »
4 days, 10 hours and 31 minutes . . . and I need a life.
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