[Dragaera] OT reference to the number 17

Davdi Silverrock davdisil at gmail.com
Tue Nov 14 20:50:30 PST 2006


On 11/9/06, Maximilian Wilson wrote:
> On 11/9/06, Casey Rousseau wrote:
> > Buckley has obviously pulled the number 17 out of his, um, hat.  This
> > number is what you're likely to come up with when you're asked to pick a
> > random number: it's the smallest prime number without any special
> > cultural significance.  ...
>
> What is the significance of 11?
>

In addition to the "natural in craps" already mentioned, the phrase
"the eleventh hour" *is* as old as the New Testament.  I think that's
old enough to be considered culturally significant, but I supposed it
could be argued about.



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