I know this is a silly post, about a silly arbitrary day, a phenomenon that happens solely as a result of our calendar system, but it nonetheless is a phenomenon of our calendar system.
I remember on July seventh, back in 2007, the paper was saying that people were flocking all over the nation to chapels and justices of the peace to get married on "lucky sevens", the date being, of course, another quirky result of our calendar system, 07/07/07.
I had a driver's license that expired on my birthday in 2004 (04/09/04) and once it was renewed, it expired five years later (04/09/09)...still quirky, but not quite as cool...now as the tens-column inches forward, the ones column will oscillate between 4-9-4 and 4-9-9...unless of course we move to a place where driver's licenses expire in a longer-than-five-year time period.
you forgot last year's 08/08/08 which as a huge day for some people who believe 8 is a lucky number....
ReplyDeletethese little date oddities not really odd its not like we can't predicte the next one 10/10/10 and OMG the next 11/11/11 and I'm number challenged give some folks things to do....
I agree it's a lot to do about nuttin.....