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48 lines
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<EFBFBD> It's All In The Numbers <20>
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<EFBFBD> By: Lou C Fer <20>
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<EFBFBD> <20>
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<EFBFBD> Goodevening. I'm glad to see you found your way back to <20>
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<EFBFBD> my humble home. Please do come in...before we start our <20>
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<EFBFBD> conversation for the evening I'd like to send a special hello <20>
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<EFBFBD> to my good friend Inez. You see Inez was concerned about her <20>
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<EFBFBD> new phone number, her new exchange..seems she has the 666 <20>
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<EFBFBD> exchange. <EG> Inez...you should'nt be surprised, after all, <20>
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<EFBFBD> once you start doing business with me...well....you have to <20>
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<EFBFBD> expect these things... <EG>. <20>
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<EFBFBD> <20>
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<EFBFBD> Numbers have played an important part in culture for a <20>
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<EFBFBD> long, long time. From the far east to the far west. Numbers <20>
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<EFBFBD> have held sacred & mystic meanings. Look at the number 3, <20>
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<EFBFBD> among the Greeks, the dead and gods were invoked three times. <20>
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<EFBFBD> Nine, which is a multiple of 3 was also considered a mystic <20>
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<EFBFBD> number. The number 5 was also a significant number. 5 fingers <20>
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<EFBFBD> on the hand; in China there are the 5 cannons of the <20>
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<EFBFBD> Confucian classics. <20>
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<EFBFBD> <20>
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<EFBFBD> 3 is also always poping up in Chinese culture. In <20>
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<EFBFBD> chinese art, the three friends of winter are the pine, bamboo <20>
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<EFBFBD> and plum. They were the only plants that would display their <20>
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<EFBFBD> colors against the snow, hence the symbols of consistancy. <20>
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<EFBFBD> The 3 religions in China are Buddhism, Taoism and <20>
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<EFBFBD> Confucianism. Not to mention the bad luck of 3 on a match. <20>
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<EFBFBD> <20>
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<EFBFBD> And who can deny the bad luck of the number 13...as far <20>
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<EFBFBD> back as the biblical times. It seems that a fellow was the <20>
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<EFBFBD> 13th at a dinner...now what was his name...seems to have <20>
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<EFBFBD> slipped my mind.... <20>
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<EFBFBD> <20>
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<EFBFBD> Numbers are everywhere, it seems we can't get away from <20>
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<EFBFBD> them. Infact we take them for granted. Try getting up in the <20>
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<EFBFBD> morning without that annoying alarm blasting its time in your <20>
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<EFBFBD> ear. Try to go through the day without looking at a clock or <20>
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<EFBFBD> watch, Easy? Maybe. But then don't go to a store and buy <20>
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<EFBFBD> something..or ride a bus or train. Don't even use the tv or <20>
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<EFBFBD> radio..and for heaven's sake (Did I say that?!?!?!??<EG>) <20>
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<EFBFBD> don't use the phone! <20>
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<EFBFBD> <20>
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<EFBFBD> And as for the significance of the number 666...well, we <20>
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<EFBFBD> will leave that for another night....ok Inez?? <EG> <20>
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<EFBFBD> GoodNight..and...pleasant dreams. <20>
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