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Dates leave drivers speechless
News24.com ^ | August 8, 2008 | News24.com

Posted on 08/12/2008 10:35:05 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Taipei - Four Taiwan men involved in a car accident quit arguing about who was to blame after they discovered a numerology twist in their birthdates, a television channel reported on Tuesday.

The four-car collision occurred on Monday evening in a highway tunnel in Chiayi County, west Taiwan. No one was injured in the accident, but when the four men went to a police station to file a report, they saw their birthdates were June 6, July 7, August 8 and September 9, TVBS reported.

The succession of 6/6, 7/7, 8/8 and 9/9 was so unusual that the men forgot about assigning blame for the accident and began to marvel at the coincidence, the cable TV channel said.

"When we showed police our ID cards, we were speechless because this is too unusual. 'How can it happen?' we kept asking," Chen Kuang-chia said. - dpa


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: accident; birthdates; callingartbell; numerology; taiwan
And the article was published on 8/8/08.
1 posted on 08/12/2008 10:35:09 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Uh-oh. It was actually published on 8/12/08, using the day/month/year format.


2 posted on 08/12/2008 10:36:06 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! Sign the petition at http://www.americansolutions.com/)
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To: Admin Moderator

Could you please change the article date to August 12? Thanks.


3 posted on 08/12/2008 10:36:50 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! Sign the petition at http://www.americansolutions.com/)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

So did they start a club and start planning their first year anniversary reunion?


4 posted on 08/12/2008 10:37:07 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I wonder what it all means. I heard about the baby who was born on 8/8/08 at 8:08 am and weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces!!! What is the world coming to!!!!


5 posted on 08/12/2008 10:39:16 AM PDT by rodeo-mamma
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To: rodeo-mamma

I didn’t check a receipt I received from a store until I had gotten home.

My change?

$6.66


6 posted on 08/12/2008 10:41:03 AM PDT by wastedyears (Show me your precious darlings, and I will crush them all)
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To: HIDEK6

I’m sure they’ll run into each other again sometime.


7 posted on 08/12/2008 10:41:35 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less! Sign the petition at http://www.americansolutions.com/)
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To: patton; Gabz; Diana in Wisconsin

wonder what the odds of this were...


8 posted on 08/12/2008 10:43:14 AM PDT by leda (if you put up with what you've got, you deserve what you get)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I’m sure they’ll run into each other again sometime.

Of course they will, they're Oriental drivers! (just kidding, just kidding!)

9 posted on 08/12/2008 10:44:39 AM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I don’t like superstitious people. They’re bad luck.


10 posted on 08/12/2008 10:47:55 AM PDT by Flycatcher (Strong copy for a strong America)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
'How can it happen?' we kept asking," Chen Kuang-chia said. - I'll take a shot: 1 in 246 million that any 4 persons would have birthdays where month=day, no duplicates and no gaps. About the chance of winning the Powerball lottery. C2K
11 posted on 08/12/2008 10:50:49 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: leda
wonder what the odds of this were...

Exactly the same as if there birthdays were 2/12, 7/23, 10/1 and 11/17.

12 posted on 08/12/2008 10:52:55 AM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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To: rodeo-mamma

These are the end days....


13 posted on 08/12/2008 10:53:43 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Who would McQueeg rather have mad at him: You or the liberals? FREE LAZAMATAZ!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This was no accident (cue Twilight Zone music)...


14 posted on 08/12/2008 10:59:35 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (Vigilantism will arise where the justice system is viewed as overly lenient and/or ineffective.)
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To: rodeo-mamma

My pastor’s son was born on 8-8-8, but at about 4 in the afternoon :>)


15 posted on 08/12/2008 1:20:41 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: irishtenor

I was born on my father’s birthday when he was turning 31. He was born in 1931 I was born in 1962! When he was turning 62 I turned 31!!!!! This is just too much!!!! Not only that, but my mother was born on her father-in-laws birthday. My daughter was born on her grandfather’s birthday and my brother was born on his grandfather’s birthday!


16 posted on 08/12/2008 1:37:01 PM PDT by rodeo-mamma
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To: rodeo-mamma

I was born on my birthday, and get one year older each year on the very same day!


17 posted on 08/12/2008 1:40:02 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: rodeo-mamma

I was born on my own birthday!!! :>)


18 posted on 08/12/2008 3:09:44 PM PDT by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: martin_fierro

Imagine if it had been figs.


19 posted on 08/12/2008 11:56:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: cicero2k

Let me be the first to say that I’d rather win the Powerball lottery than be one of 4 guys in an accident with birthdates of 6/6, 7/7, 8/8, and 9/9


20 posted on 08/12/2008 11:59:16 PM PDT by Enchante (If oil was botox then Nancy Pelosi would have us drilling everywhere!!! (hat tip, STARWISE))
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