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Why 09/09/09 Is So Special
livescience.com/yahoo ^
| 9-8-09
| Heather Whipps
Posted on 09/08/2009 12:03:42 PM PDT by kingattax
Have special plans this 09/09/09?
Everyone from brides and grooms to movie studio execs are celebrating the upcoming calendrical anomaly in their own way.
In Florida, at least one county clerk's office is offering a one-day wedding special for $99.99. The rarity of this Sept. 9 hasn't been lost on the creators of the iPod, who have moved their traditional Tuesday release day to Wednesday to take advantage of the special date. Focus Features is releasing their new film "9," an animated tale about the apocalypse, on the 9th.
Not only does the date look good in marketing promotions, but it also represents the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we'll see for almost a century (until January 1, 2101), or a millennium (mark your calendars for January 1, 3001), depending on how you want to count it.
Though technically there's nothing special about the symmetrical date, some concerned with the history and meaning of numbers ascribe powerful significance to 09/09/09.
For cultures in which the number nine is lucky, Sept. 9 is anticipated - while others might see the date as an ominous warning.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 090909
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:03:42 PM PDT
by
kingattax
To: Eaker; TheMom
Why 09/09/09 Is So Special 999 Ping!
To: humblegunner
It’s the day my car inspection expires?
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:08:45 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: kingattax
Captain Bligh and I will be celebrating our shared birthday tommorrow.
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:10:06 PM PDT
by
Leg Olam
(Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you. - Benjamin Franklin)
To: kingattax
Got 10/10/10 next year, 11/11/11 and then 12/12/12....not that big of a deal.
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:10:44 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
To: kingattax
My kids go back to school!
To: PBRSTREETGANG
My kids go back to school! Woot! Woot! Woot!!!
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:12:24 PM PDT
by
Haiku Guy
(If You have a Right / To the Service I provide / I must be a Slave)
To: kingattax
I wonder if the Japanese made a big deal about April 4, 2004?
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:13:25 PM PDT
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(Those who provide the least and demand the most have a voting majority.)
To: humblegunner
999 Ping! The number of the inverted beast.
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:14:12 PM PDT
by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
To: kingattax
I have a granddaughter who will be 9 on 9/9/09
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:15:11 PM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: UB355
Happy Birthday! to your granddaughter!
And Many Many More!
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:20:05 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(To meet decent people these days you have to create them.)
To: kingattax
That's also my oldest son's 9th wedding anniversary.
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:20:49 PM PDT
by
tbpiper
To: rwfromkansas
13/13/13 would sure be something though, eh?
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:28:08 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
To: kingattax
Did anything special happen back on 6/6/06?
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:33:03 PM PDT
by
Sig Sauer P220
("Peace" is that brief, glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading - Anonymous)
To: humblegunner; Eaker; kingattax
Why 09/09/09 Is So Special See my tag line.
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:34:13 PM PDT
by
TheMom
(I'm gonna be a grandma! Kaiden Thomas is due to arrive 09/09/09.)
To: Sig Sauer P220
June 6 1966 – Civil rights activist James Meredith is shot while trying to march across Mississippi.
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:35:27 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
To: kingattax
33 years of marriage to my wonderful hubbie. 09/09/09
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:36:14 PM PDT
by
lucky american
(Glenn Beck Rocks!!! Sarah Palin Too!!!)
To: El Sordo
lol...yeah. We may not even get to 2013 if the Mayans are right...lol. If we do, they will have to add a special month just to let that one happen...
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posted on
09/08/2009 12:40:05 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
To: kingattax
Given my dark thoughts on what Obama wants, I prefer to pronounce the date as "nine, nine, nine" and interpolate it as translated German "nein, nein, nein" to whit "no No
NO!"
People of some memory may recall the marriage boom on July 7th 2007, considered lucky by the superstitious.
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posted on
09/08/2009 1:09:46 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: lucky american
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posted on
09/08/2009 1:20:47 PM PDT
by
kingattax
(99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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