Can the Adults Please Smoke? Part 24, Drunk on Guinness — Page 161

Men are so unsentimental!

It's the anniversary of our first meeting, silly. We shared our first Dirty before seeing Lusia at the Fringe.

It is the ninth! In Thailand.

You follow the "real" rules while playing Monopoly, don't you?

I cheat. It's more fun.

Oh, and HAPPY DAY (not date) OF OUR MEETING ANNIVERSARY!

Cheers!

Cheers 2, SOMMS!

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Alrighty then.

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For Girly:

Interstate 8 runs from San Diego to Casa Grande, Ariz.

Spiders and octupi all have eight legs.

The Dharmachakra, a Buddhist symbol, has eight spokes, representing the eight tenets of Buddhist belief: right faith, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right endeavor, right mindfullness and right meditation.

Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday.

Eight-ball billiards is played with 15 balls; the black ball numbered 8 being the middle and most important one.

There are eight vegetables in V8 juice.

There are eight fluid ounces in a cup and eight pints in a gallon.

There are approximately eight pinches to a teaspoon.

There are eight furlongs in a mile.

In chess, each side has eight pawns and the board is made of 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight lattice.

"Section 8" is common U.S. slang for "crazy," based on the U.S. military's Section 8 discharge for mentally unfit personnel.

"Section 8" is also a common reference for a type of Federal housing assistance provided for low-income families and individuals. It refers to the portion of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 under which the original subsidy program was authorized.

"88" is the abbreviation sometimes used by the Aryan Brotherhood for the Nazi salute "Heil Hitler," because "H" is the eighth letter of the alphabet.

The Spanish dollar is also known as the piece of eight -- it's worth eight reales.

Eight is a double ourobouros -- two snakes eating each other.

The seventh day was rest for God, so seven means completeness. Eight is completeness plus one, that is, the beginning of something new.

The number eight is an infinity sign on its side.

The Ba-Xian, "eight immortals" from Taoist mythology, are among the best known deities, symbols for good fortune throughout China. They represent eight conditions of life: youth, old age, poverty, wealth, the populace, nobility, the masculine and the feminine.

So, will today be lucky, or just another Friday? Shake up your Magic 8 Ball and see.

Updated On: 8/8/08 at 08:01 AM

And Central Park West is really just 8th Avenue with a fancier name. It was re-named as a real-estate ploy.

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I'm sorry - I didn't mean to murder the thread.

Leaving now....

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Updated On: 8/8/08 at 08:53 AM

'Phone rings
Boss calls
In comes stress for me...'

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I'm quite aware of that. It was why I had to leave.
The comment was made in gest. Sorry.

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thanks addy! i'm so excited!