Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy 11/11/11

2011-11-11 Thread Sal Sunshine 
On Nov 11, 2011, at 9:33 AM, turquoiseb wrote:

 
 From HuffPost UK, for your amusement on this numerically auspicious day...
 Today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year, a rare 
 alignment of the calendar that will only happen 12 times this century.

And all within the first 13 years.  Imagine that.

 For Hindus, the number 11 carries a special spiritual significance, so much 
 so that pregnant Hindu women are clamoring to have caesarean deliveries to 
 ensure their children are blessed with good luck.

Figures.  There's gotta be an Indian PT Barnum out there
to make a killing with idiots like that.  Oh, wait a minute...

Sal

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy 11/11/11

2011-11-11 Thread Bhairitu 
On 11/11/2011 07:33 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
  From HuffPost UK, for your amusement on this numerically auspicious
 day...

 Today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year,  a
 rare alignment of the calendar that will only happen 12 times this
 century.

 For Hindus, the number 11 carries a special spiritual significance,  so
 much so that pregnant Hindu women are clamoring to have caesarean
 deliveries to ensure their children are blessed with good luck.

 A horror film, out on Friday, has taken advantage of the date for its
 titlehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712159/  ... as well as being a
 handy tool for marketing the flick.

Then there is 11/11/11:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015261/

Which is an Asylum film which is a modern day grindhouse company.  Syfy 
must have passed on it but Redbox didn't and has it as coming soon.

Re: [FairfieldLife] Happy 11/11/11

2011-11-11 Thread Bhairitu 
On 11/11/2011 07:33 AM, turquoiseb wrote:
  From HuffPost UK, for your amusement on this numerically auspicious
 day...

 Today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the eleventh year,  a
 rare alignment of the calendar that will only happen 12 times this
 century.

 For Hindus, the number 11 carries a special spiritual significance,  so
 much so that pregnant Hindu women are clamoring to have caesarean
 deliveries to ensure their children are blessed with good luck.

 A horror film, out on Friday, has taken advantage of the date for its
 titlehttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712159/  ... as well as being a
 handy tool for marketing the flick.

 There are exactly 50 days until Christmas, while the eleventh day of
 the eleventh month marks the day Germany signed an armistice with the
 Allies in the forest of Compiègne, France, ending the First World
 War.
 Speaking to the Washington Post, numerologist Vikki MacKinnon said she
 expected a cosmic wake-up call
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/11-11-11-drives-many-to-tie-knot\
 -place-bets-will-convergence-of-digits-bring-good-luck/2011/11/10/gIQA1f\
 Nj9M_story.html?tid=pm_national_pop  .
 Eleven  is a number of illumination and enlightenment, a number of
 insight,  blinding flashes of the obvious, and a number of
 transformation
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/11-11-11-drives-many-to-tie-knot\
 -place-bets-will-convergence-of-digits-bring-good-luck/2011/11/10/gIQA1f\
 Nj9M_story.html  , she said.

 I think really good things will come out of tomorrow.

 Around the world, the superstitious are taking advantage of the day's
 apparent magical qualities. Marjaneh Peyrovan plans to buy 11 lottery
 tickets while fans of the film This Is Spinal Tap are planning to pay
 homage to guitarist Nigel Tufnel, whose amp went up to 11
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/spinal-tap-nigel-tufnel-day_n_\
 1082911.html  .

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0wm3JwXbLs
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0wm3JwXbLs

And in Merika it is Veterans Day which didn't used to get much flourish 
but they've been making a big deal of it the last couple years.  Guess 
it's because Merika's primary industry is now war.