A Significant Event In Chiang Mai

[mr_hippo]

Sorry, it was 1234567809 - the 1234567890 will not happen for another 81 years. How many people write today's date as 7/8/9?

[coxhoedave]

Sorry, it was 1234567809 - the 1234567890 will not happen for another 81 years. How many people write today's date as 7/8/9?

You mean to tell me I got rat arsed celebrating for nothing!!!!!!!!!

[Jingthing]

Probably the same reason they spell differently. pronounce words differently and drive on the wrong side of the road. It's a way to gauge the spread of there insidious culture.

If by insidious you mean FABULOUS ...

[Blinky Bill]

For those of you who missed this most significant event today, well you missed it twice. Double bad luck!!

[brennanstimpy]

Sorry to be even more pedantic, caffa. But in 100 years from now the year will be 2109, so the 9 becomes the significant end to the sequence once again.

Well spotted, pointed out and so on . . . but . . . 'significant'? Puhleeeeease!

And oddly enough, it will also be the end of the sequence in 2209, 2309, 2409, 2509, 2609, 2709, 2809, 2909, 3009, 3019, 3029, 3039, 3049, 3059, 3069, 3079, 3089, 3099, 4009, 4109, 4209, 4309, 4409, 4509, 4609, 4709, 4809, 5909, but I'd imagine by this time there'll be no bugger around to give a sheet.

i thought it all ended in 2012

It does, December 21, 2012. I can't wait.

[Blinky Bill]

It does, December 21, 2012. I can't wait.

At what time? Could it be 21:12:12 on the 21/12/12? Or 21:12:12:21:12:12?

[Blinky Bill]

And that reminds me of a little tale.

There were 2 race horses. One One was one and Two Two was one too, One One won one race and Two Two won one too.

Edited August 7, 2009 by Blinky Bill

[Blinky Bill]

Simplified version: There were 2 race horses. 1 1 was 1 and 2 2 was 1 2. 1 1 1 1 race and 2 2 1 1 2.

[getgoin]

A significant event is where you are taking a crap in a public restroom and you find a bag full of cash in the trash. 999, 666 or 555-1212 not an event. Sorry, except to those being hypnotized.

Edited August 7, 2009 by getgoin

[cmdream]

Probably the same reason they spell differently. pronounce words differently and drive on the wrong side of the road. It's a way to gauge the spread of there insidious culture.

If by insidious you mean FABULOUS ...

It was just a tease, they all are jealous that a bunch of immigrant misfits tired of colonial rule and injustice can now lead the world in everything. 55555

[getgoin]

A significant event is where you are taking a crap in a public restroom and you find a bag full of cash in the trash. 999, 666 or 555-1212 not an event. Sorry, except to those being hypnotized.

Wake Up!

[Blinky Bill]

Well you all missed yet another significant event yesterday. I didn't and it was really quite moving to go through it.

At 9 past 9 am + 9 seconds yesterday it was.........................09:09:09 09/09/09.

I just can't wait till the 10th of October next year.

Edited September 10, 2009 by Blinky Bill

[KevinHunt]

Well you all missed yet another significant event yesterday. I didn't and it was really quite moving to go through it.

At 9 past 9 am + 9 seconds yesterday it was.........................09:09:09 09/09/09.

I just can't wait till the 10th of October next year.

I did a special promotion in the pub to celebrate the momentous event.

"Spend 1,000 baht, pay only 999."

I'm getting soft in my old age. I was going to include the 99 satang but then realised there isn't a one satang coin.

[alant]

Well you all missed yet another significant event yesterday. I didn't and it was really quite moving to go through it.

At 9 past 9 am + 9 seconds yesterday it was.........................09:09:09 09/09/09.

I just can't wait till the 10th of October next year.

I did a special promotion in the pub to celebrate the momentous event.

"Spend 1,000 baht, pay only 999."

I'm getting soft in my old age. I was going to include the 99 satang but then realised there isn't a one satang coin.

wheres your marketing drive, if there is no 1 satang coin, make one, red lion satang

[wolf5370]

09:09:09 09/09/09

Yep I sprang that one on a couple of Thais I was with at the time - I even wrote it down for them - they couldn't see what was so interesting....Oh well! I'll have to find some Farangs on the 10th October next year (at 10:10:10).

...and the American thing with Month Day - I asked this once and was trold it was to do with date sorting federal taxes or some such - I guess they only do one year at a time. I prefer the Julian date, its 2455085.56458 right now