Observe:
-27 (twenty-seven) is the natural number following 26 and preceding 28.All this to say, my birthday was last Saturday. I ran 12 miles that morning, which went just fine, and that night I went out with friends. We had such a great time! We saw The Hangover (Oh. Em. Gee.) and went out for some awesome karaoke hijinks at a fun little dive bar. There was a group of about 11 of us and, for better or worse, we dominated the karaoke lineup that night.
-Twenty-seven is the smallest positive integer requiring four syllables to name in English
-The atomic number of cobalt.
-The planet Uranus has 27 moons.
-There are a total of 27 books in the New Testament.
-Many talented and famous rock/blues musicians died at age 27. These include Robert Johnson, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Pete Ham, Richey Edwards, and Kurt Cobain.
-The code for international direct-dial phone calls to South Africa
-The number of species Captain Jean-Luc Picard has made contact with in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation
-[I don't know how or why this was decided, but...] Identified as the ideal number of participants for an orgy.From Wikipedia

I hope the day is an indication of the year to come - good health and good times with friends.
3 comments:
But wouldn't someone feel left out?
One assumes it's more of a "zone defense" sort of situation, rather than, um, "man-to-man," as it were... But that's just a guess.
Makes for a good game of "Who's In My Mouth?"
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