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