Numbers

[Big!]

The number 4 in East Asia

In China, Japan, and Korea the number 4 is often associated with death because the sound of the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean words for four and death are similar (for example, the sound sì in Chinese is the Sino-Korean number 4 (四), whereas sǐ is the word for death (死), and in Japanese "shi" is the number 4, whereas "shinu" is to die. For this reason, hospitals, airports and hotels often omit the 4th, 14th, 24th, floors (etc.), or substitute the number '4' with the letter 'F'. Koreans are buried under a mound standing vertical in coffins made from six planks of wood. Four of the planks represent their respective four cardinal points of the compass, while a fifth represents sky and the sixth represents earth. This relates back to the importance that the Confucian society placed upon the four cardinal points having mystical powers.

Source: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death#Fate_of_dead_organisms)

[Memento Mori]

I knew the Japanese didn't like the number four. 'Shi', I believe is a single character, I believe in Hiragana, which they also don't like as it is the word for death. That might be slightly incorrect, factually, but I can't be bothered to double check it at four o'clock in the morning.

[TombStone]

I actualy knew this too, as a little kid i found it ironic that my fav. numbers were 4 and 13.

[Hippopotamus]

The 23 Enigma

"Throughout history, the number 23 has had mystical significance., as its the Pentagram: 2 & 3 points. This number appears too frequently for it to be a co-incidence. 23 has an energy field that is resonating all around us. Also 2+3=5, in binary: '101'which is another number you see everywhere. The human body consists of 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent. Geometry is based on 23 natural laws. There are many examples that describe the power of this number. However, many believe that the number is cursed with dark and evil properties. I believe that It means something if you empower it to by believing that it has some mystical power over you. The way you use it is the key to understand it."
----
Pretty interesting to think about this, lots of times numbers come out on 23..23 is a prime-number so that's an explanation.. Still, watch it and google for it, interesting stuff ;)
Also watch the movie with Jim Carrey, The Number 23, really great movie!!!

http://proto5.thinkquest.nl/~jre0753/oorzaken_bestanden/image003.jpg
Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, murdered.. I saw this in my schoolbook, talking about the 23 enigma ;)

[Alex]

Weird.
The significance of numbers is kind of silly, but once in a while something weird will happen that kind of makes you believe.

[Memento Mori]

Thr33 (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qvtbkz5HY_o)

[V-Dogg]

Interesting.... And now for meaningless comment...

I hear the word "a" appears quite often. It's freakin' me out. O_O

[Hippopotamus]

Here's a clip about the 23 enigma:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HJW7heKTCTE

[Big!]

Dead at 27

Joseph Merrick aka "The Elephant Man". He died strangely of suffocation at the age of 27. born: august 5, 1862 died: April 11, 1890

The First Blood Shed for the Revolution - The first casualty associated with the start of the American Revolutionary War was a man named Crispus Attucks, who died alongside several associates during the infamous "Boston Massacre." Attucks was 27 years old and a natural born leader, according to his friends. He was also an escaped slave.

Kurt Cobain - April 5, 1994 - 27 - heroin OD/shotgun to the head

Masaccio - June, 1428 - 27 - poisoned?

Jimi Hendrix - September 18, 1970 - 27 - vomit inhalation from drugs

Janice Joplin - October of 1970 - 27 - drug overdose

Jim Morrison - July 3, 1971 - 27 - heart failure

Brian Jones - 3rd of July, 1969 - 27 - drowning

Thuy Trang - September 3rd 2001 - 27 - car crash

Jeremy Ward - May 25, 2003 - 27 - Drug Overdose

Keiko - December 12, 2003 - 27 - pneumonia

Jean-Michel Basquiat - 08/12/1988 - 27 - drug overdose

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - 03/08/1973 - 27 - liver failure

Kristen Pfaff - 06/16/1994 - 27 - drug overdose

Freaky Tah/Raymon Rogers - 03/28/1999 - 27 - murder

Robert Johnson - August 16, 1938 - 27 - poisoned

Highest Death Toll From An Airplane Disaster - The worst ever air disaster took place on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747s, operated by Pan-Am and KLM, collided on the runway at Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people

11/20/2003 - Istanbul explosions kill 27 and target British Consulate and HSBC Bank - These are the worst two attacks of their kind in the history of Turkey.

Teen idol Jonathan Brandis dies at 27 from an attempted suicide the day before.

Bob Hope died on July 27th at the age of 100

Ada Byron, Lady Lovelace, known as the world's first computer programmer lived from December 10, 1815 - November 27, 1852.

Al ****** of Canned Heat died at 27 from Suicide

Wallace Yohn from Chase died in an Airplane Crash at the age of 27