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??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ? It's All In The Numbers ? ? By: Lou C Fer ? ? ? ? Goodevening. I'm glad to see you found your way back to ? ? my humble home. Please do come in...before we start our ? ? conversation for the evening I'd like to send a special hello ? ? to my good friend Inez. You see Inez was concerned about her ? ? new phone number, her new exchange..seems she has the 666 ? ? exchange. <EG> Inez...you should'nt be surprised, after all, ? ? once you start doing business with me...well....you have to ? ? expect these things... <EG>. ? ? ? ? Numbers have played an important part in culture for a ? ? long, long time. From the far east to the far west. Numbers ? ? have held sacred & mystic meanings. Look at the number 3, ? ? among the Greeks, the dead and gods were invoked three times. ? ? Nine, which is a multiple of 3 was also considered a mystic ? ? number. The number 5 was also a significant number. 5 fingers ? ? on the hand; in China there are the 5 cannons of the ? ? Confucian classics. ? ? ? ? 3 is also always poping up in Chinese culture. In ? ? chinese art, the three friends of winter are the pine, bamboo ? ? and plum. They were the only plants that would display their ? ? colors against the snow, hence the symbols of consistancy. ? ? The 3 religions in China are Buddhism, Taoism and ? ? Confucianism. Not to mention the bad luck of 3 on a match. ? ? ? ? And who can deny the bad luck of the number 13...as far ? ? back as the biblical times. It seems that a fellow was the ? ? 13th at a dinner...now what was his name...seems to have ? ? slipped my mind.... ? ? ? ? Numbers are everywhere, it seems we can't get away from ? ? them. Infact we take them for granted. Try getting up in the ? ? morning without that annoying alarm blasting its time in your ? ? ear. Try to go through the day without looking at a clock or ? ? watch, Easy? Maybe. But then don't go to a store and buy ? ? something..or ride a bus or train. Don't even use the tv or ? ? radio..and for heaven's sake (Did I say that?!?!?!??<EG>) ? ? don't use the phone! ? ? ? ? And as for the significance of the number 666...well, we ? ? will leave that for another night....ok Inez?? <EG> ? ? GoodNight..and...pleasant dreams. ? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????