p.man 7 Posted February 11, 2007 23 Looks good. It kind of reminds me of Final Destination. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,598 Posted February 11, 2007 Jordan The "23 Enigma" refers to the Discordian belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some permutation of the number 23, or a number related to the number 23, given enough ingenuity on the part of the interpreter. About the 23 Enigma The 23 Enigma can also be seen in Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's Illuminatus! trilogy (there called the "23/17 phenomenon"), Wilson's Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati (there called "The Law of 23s" and "The 23 Enigma"), Arthur Koestler's Challenge of Chance, as well as the notorious Principia Discordia. In these works, 23 is considered to be alternately lucky, unlucky, sacred to the goddess Eris, sinister, sacred to the unholy gods of the Cthulhu Mythos, or just plain weird. Discordians regard this as a corollary of the Law of Fives. Like other numbers that have long been linked to unusual coincidences, 13 and 17 also being favorites, the 23 Enigma can be seen as no more than an example of apophenia. Skeptics point out the fact that 23, being a fairly low number, occurs often in the media, current events, and daily life, concluding that it appears probably no more often in conjunction with catastrophe or coincidence than 22 or 24. In interviews, Wilson has acknowledged the self-fulfilling nature of the 23 enigma, implying that the real value of the Laws of Fives and Twenty-threes lies in their demonstration of the mind's power to perceive "truth" in nearly anything. As a number with which to associate things, 23 has several helpful properties. It is a prime number, and therefore more likely to be associated with coincidences because events associated with composite numbers would be divided by a factor to arrive at it or some other prime. In addition, it enjoys the boon of having the two lowest primes as digits; 2 and 3 are small and therefore can be included in complex calculations that arrive at numbers only remotely related, which can then become coincidental with significant events. Two and three are also the most frequent factors (excluding 1) of a given range of whole numbers. 23 less the numeric base is 13, which has many phobias attached to it. More unusual interpretations of 23's prevalence involve some of the stranger sub-theories of quantum mechanics. A 23 enigma list This is a list of unusual happenings or circumstances commonly brought up as instances of the 23. Historical * The first Morse Code transmission - "What hath God wrought?" - was from the Bible passage Numbers 23:23. * The Knights Templar had 23 Grand Masters, the last being Jacques de Molay. * Alexander the Great was aged 23 when he cut the Gordian Knot. * Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, served between Grover Cleveland's two non-consecutive terms. * The Salt March, initiated by Mohandas Gandhi to protest the salt tax, lasted 23 days. * The Chernobyl disaster happened on on April 26, 1986 at 01:23 a.m. and the power plant is located at 51°23′23″N, 30°5′58″E, near Pripyat, Ukraine. [edit] Births and deaths See January 23, February 23, March 23, April 23, May 23, June 23, July 23, August 23, September 23, October 23, November 23, December 23, and 23 (year) for further births and deaths. * William Shakespeare: born on April 23, 1564, died on April 23, 1616. * Johnny Carson: born on October 23, 1925. died on January 23, 2005. * Actor River Phoenix: born on August 23, 1970, died at the age of 23, on October 31 (Halloween), 1993. * Julius Caesar was allegedly stabbed twenty-three times when he was assassinated. * Hagbard (Karl Koch): died on 23 May. It is possible that his death was a suicide, the date chosen intentionally to fit this numerology; Koch was an avid fan of Robert Anton Wilson's trilogy. * Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper died on February 3 (2/3), 1959 (The Day the Music Died). * Pancho Villa was killed on July 23, 1923. * Selena was murdered at the age of 23. * Hannah Kersey, a woman with two wombs, gave birth to three girls when she was 23 years old. [edit] Scientific * The human genome contains 23 homologous pairs of chromosomes. * The human 'physical cycle' biorhythm is 23 days long. * The Earth spins on an axis of 23. [edit] Religious * It is believed that the verses of the Qur'an were revealed over a period of 23 years. There exist hadith that support this figure, but many more that give other lengths of time. * Psalms, the longest book of the Bible, is the 23rd book of the Old Testament, and the famous "Divine Shepherd" psalm is Psalm 23. Those repeating this popular claim overlook that it is only true in a handful of very specific modern Catholic translations. The famous psalm is actually number 22 in the Septuagint and traditional Catholic Bibles, while the books of the Old Testament appear in several different orders; Psalms is number 23 only in modern Catholic Bibles, being book 21 in the traditional Vulgate, book 26 in the Greek Orthodox Bible, book 19 in most Protestant Bibles, and book 14 in the Jewish Tanakh. It is therefore completely false for the Vulgate (chapter 22 of book 21), and only partly true for the King James Version (chapter 23 of book 19). * Both the ancient Egyptian and Sumerian calendars begin on 23 July. Both calendars were apparently calculated from the date of the heliacal rising of Sirius, which occurs at that latitude around that time of year. [edit] Cultural * W, the 23rd letter of the Latin alphabet has 2 points down, 3 points up. * The "Devil Horns" and the V sign involve 2 upright fingers and 3 folded down. V itself feeds back into the Law of Fives as it is the Latin numeral for 5. * On a normal modern Latin alphabet QWERTY keyboard, the 23rd letter W is immediately below and between 2 and 3. * Supposedly, in telegraphy a line break is or was transmitted as a 23, as referred to in the article 23. A connection has been suggested with I Ching hexagram 23 which means breaking apart. * William Shakespeare's first portfolio was published in 1623. His first play Titus Andronicus was performed January 23, 1594. The chronology of his plays is uncertain (see his article for more information). The Comedy of Errors may have been performed before Titus, for example. * According to the Dr Pepper company website, the soft drink "is a unique blend of 23 flavors". [1] * Former NBA superstar and Chicago Bulls player Michael Jordan was known for his jersey number 23. His unprecedented success has apparently led to many other sportsmen choosing to play in the same number. [2] * Devin Hester, #23 of the Chicago Bears,was the first person to return an opening kickoff in a Super Bowl for a touchdown in Super Bowl XLI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cdub100 3,638 Posted February 11, 2007 Wow it's amazing that in the total history of the world all those things have some connection to the number 23. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,598 Posted February 11, 2007 Wow it's amazing that in the total history of the world all those things have some connection to the number 23. I agree. If it was 37 though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
p.man 7 Posted February 11, 2007 I think I might have taken a piss 23 times today. And I know for a fact that I took a nap for 23 minutes. And my wife had to have asked me to do 23 things today. And I know I told her no 23 times. Have a beer! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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p.man 7 Posted February 11, 2007 I like all that spooky stuff though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Cuse9 129 Posted February 11, 2007 A few more weird ones: Both born on 23rd. Harpo Marx 11/23/1888 09/28/1964 75 * Gummo Marx 10/23/1893 04/21/1977 83 * Art Modell 06/23/1925 *Put his name here to make Cleveland fans hate the #23. Shirley Temple 04/23/1928...78 **I figured she died over 20 years ago!! Can't beleive she's alive!! Jesus Christ according to many biblical scholars was born on July 23rd. David Beckham's squad number at Real Madrid football (soccer) club, inspired by the aforementioned Jordan. The number has never been officially retired by any NFL team Voted the luckiest number in a study by the Prescott Surveys The first song on Side A of The Beatles' first album took 23 takes to record Each parent passes on 23 chromosomes Earth's axis is at a 23° angle. In Super Bowl XLI the average score is 23. December 23 "Satan/Lucifer's Day" in Satanism. 2/3=.666 or 666 which is symbolic of the Age of Aquarius, and in prominent translations of the Book of Revelations is the number of the Beast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNewGirl 1,174 Posted February 11, 2007 Ooh, that looks good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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Big Blue 06 195 Posted February 11, 2007 A new genre for him. I am not blown away by it, but I'll probably take the little woman to see it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,598 Posted February 11, 2007 In mathematics * Twenty-three is the ninth prime number, the smallest odd prime that is not a twin prime. Twenty-three is also the fifth factorial prime, the second Woodall prime, and the second Smarandache-Wellin prime. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3n − 1. * The fifth Sophie Germain prime and the fourth safe prime, 23 is the next to last member of the first Cunningham chain of the first kind to have five terms (2, 5, 11, 23, 47). Since 14! + 1 is a multiple of 23 but 23 is not one more than a multiple 14, 23 is a Pillai prime. 23 is the smallest odd prime to be a highly cototient number, as the solution to x - φ(x) for the integers 95, 119, 143, 529. * The sum of the first 6 (2x3) digits of Pi are 23. 3+1+4+1+5+9 = 23 * 23 also has the distinction of being one of two integers that cannot be expressed as the sum of fewer than 9 cubes of integers (the other is 239). See Waring's problem. * 23 is a Wedderburn-Etherington number and the sixth happy number. * The codewords in the perfect (non-extended) binary Golay code are of size 23. * In binary, 23 is the smallest prime having a composite sum of digits. In science * The atomic number of vanadium and the approximate atomic mass (in amu) of sodium. * The number of chromosomes in a human germline cell * Human somatic cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes. * Avogadro's number used in chemistry is 6.0221367×1023. Astronomy * Messier object M23, a magnitude 6.0 open cluster in the constellation Sagittarius * The New General Catalogue object NGC 23, a magnitude 12.0 barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus * The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -2145 May 7 and ended on -865 June 15. The duration of Saros series 23 was 1280.1 years, and it contained 72 solar eclipses. * The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -1843 February 14 and ended on -527 April 14. The duration of Saros series 23 was 1316.2 years, and it contained 74 lunar eclipses. * The 23rd moon of Jupiter is Carme. * The earth's axis is tilted at a 23° 31.5' (23.525°) angle. * A Sidereal day is 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.091 seconds. * December 23, 2012= Mayan Calender expires, said to be the end of the world. * The planet Neptune was discovered on September 23, 1846. * 23 was Adolf Hilter's favorite number. He would base many of his decisions involving numbers around 23. In religion * Psalm 23 ("The Lord is my shepherd...") is possibly the most quoted and best known psalm. * In the religion of Discordianism, 23 is considered a holy number. * France has twenty-three archbishops; the current Archbishop of Paris is André Vingt-Trois * December 23 "Satan/Lucifer's Day" in Satanism. * 2/3=.666 or 666 which is symbolic of the Age of Aquarius, and in prominent translations of the Book of Revelations is the number of the Beast. In History * The Federal Republic of Germany was founded on May 23rd * Jesus Christ according to many biblical scholars was born on July 23rd. [edit] In numerology Main article: 23 (numerology) * The sacred number (along with 5) of Eris, goddess of discord, according to the Principia Discordia; it is the number of the Illuminati. * Like 13, sometimes considered lucky or otherwise significant (as in the occult writings of Aleister Crowley and William S. Burroughs); see the 23 enigma. o 23 Skidoo is a title of a poem in Aleister Crowley's book "The Book of Lies - Falsely so Called" * Robert Anton Wilson's book, Cosmic Trigger I: Final Secret of the Illuminati, lists 23 as a cosmic number with strong connections to arcane magic and synchronicity. Numerous people have claimed to see '23's everywhere (the 23 curse) prior to enormous success and fruitfulness. o In many other of Wilson's works (especially The Illuminatus! Trilogy) 23 is given special importance. Many Discordians use this number for any number of purposes. * 23rdian is a person who constantly witnesses the number 23 in high concentration. In sports * The squad number (or jersey number) of various athletes: o Don Mattingly's number when he played for the New York Yankees baseball team. It was retired on August 31, 1997. o Michael Jordan's jersey number, with the exception of a short period of time when he played for the Chicago Bulls basketball team as well as the Washington Wizards. The number now has special significance throughout sports, especially in basketball. Many athletes wear the number 23 either as a tribute to Jordan or because they would like to "be like Mike." Two examples of this in football (soccer) are David Beckham at Real Madrid and the ex-Arsenal player Sol Campbell. o David Beckham's squad number at Real Madrid football (soccer) club, inspired by the aforementioned Jordan. o Owen Hargreaves's squad number at FC Bayern Munich, also as a tribute to Michael Jordan[1]. o Manchester City F.C. have not assigned the squad number 23 to any player since 2003. This is due to the fact that Marc-Vivien Foé, the player who collapsed and died while playing for Cameroon on June 26, 2003, had held this squad number at Manchester City. o Chris Drury's jersey number for the Buffalo Sabres which is inspired by childhood hero Don Mattingly. o Ryne Sandberg's number when he played for the Chicago Cubs baseball team. It was retired on August 28, 2005. o Michael Clarke's number in ODI cricket, passed on from Shane Warne in 2004 after Warne's retirement. o Marcus Trescothick, England opening batsman, also wears number 23. He was Shane Warne's 600th test wicket. Shane Warne also wears the number 23 jersey. o Lebron James's jersey number for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. o Jason Richardson's jersey number for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. o Ron Artest's jersey number prior to the 2004-05 season, for the NBA's Indiana Pacers. o Julio Lugo's number while playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It is his current number with the Boston Red Sox. o Devin Hester's number for the Chicago Bears. He became the first player to return a Super Bowl opening kickoff for a touchdown during Super Bowl XLI. * The number has never been officially retired by any NFL team. * The number that Adam Rutherford wore for the Minnesota Lightning badminton team. Adam later went on to be the 23rd person inducted into the National Badminton Hall Of Fame. In other fields Twenty-three is: * Voted the luckiest number in a study by the Prescott Surveys * The song "46 and 2" by the band Tool is connected to 23. 46/2=23 * Among the white pride community, 23 represents the letter W (the 23rd letter of the alphabet) and is used to indicate pride in being of European descent * In early 20th century United States slang, 23 skiddoo means to exit a place; the origins of the phrase are largely unknown * Sydney Carton is the 23rd person executed at the end of A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens * 23, a German movie about Karl Koch * Viginti Tres (23 in Latin) is a song on the album 10,000 Days by Tool * A telegraphers' code meaning "line break" * When mathematician John Forbes Nash suffered from schizophrenic delusions, he said that Life Magazine had run a cover story of him disguised as Pope John XXIII, as his name was John and his favorite prime number was 23. Nash published a total of 23 scientific articles * Actor Danny Trejo's name in "Con Air" was Johnny 23. * The number of people (16 females, 7 males) Neo was to select in order to refound Zion in The Matrix Reloaded * The Warlock's Motorcycle Club Members are known as Club 23, because the 23rd letter of the alphabet is W. * A song of the band Jimmy Eat World on their album Futures. * ASCII character number 23 is ETB, end transmission block. * The score of a null game in Skat. * The smallest group of people in which there is more than a 50% chance that 2 people will share the same birthday (day and month, not year) * In the manga Die höchst fragwürdige Resozialisierung des Wilbert Plumduff oder Die Rückkehr der Robo-Affen some kids whose faces can't be seen wear clothes with this number * One of the "Lost Numbers" on the television show Lost, along with 4, 8, 15, 16 and 42. According to producers of the show, 23 is the most important of these six numbers. One of the second season episodes of Lost is entitled, since it contains references to, "The 23rd Psalm" * The standard TCP/IP port number for Telnet connections * The number of crosses on the hill at the end of the Monty Python film The Life of Brian is 23 * Princess Leia is being held in detention block AA-23 in the Star Wars film "A New Hope" * The name of a song from the band Project 86 * When Zoidberg upsets the shelf containing the various alternative universes in the Futurama episode "The Farnsworth Parabox", the only visible universe number is 23. * In The Simpsons, when Homer asks for the bathroom in Burns' house in the episode "Last Exit to Springfield", Burns says it is the 23rd door on the left. * In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Caesar was stabbed a total of 23 times (in the Arden Edition it is said that he was stabbed 33 times "Never till Caesar's three and thirty wounds" * Number 23 is recognized as a number of Freetekno culture, often used on decorations, party names, etc. * In the movie Serendipity during the beginning of the movie, both John and Sarah pick the 23rd floor before "the devil" separates them. * In the movie Happy Gilmore during the hockey tryout at the beginning of the movie, Happy Gilmore is number 23. * 2005 December 23 - Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 23 people * The animated band Gorillaz have had many references to 23 from clothing to appearances in its music videos. * Dr Pepper now boasts being an "authentic blend of 23 flavors" [1] * The Twenty Threes is a secret society at Wake Forest University. The society's flag flew at the Wake Forest v. Liberty game on September 30, 2006, causing much discussion on Accboards.com. * AirIndia Flight 182 (Toronto to New Delhi) was bombed in mid-air on June 23, 1985 killing all 329 people on board * Nathan Scott's (James Lafferty) jersey number in the hit show One Tree Hill * In The Big Lebowski, the Dude and his friends always use Lane 23 at the bowling alley * In The Passion of the Christ, Jesus is whipped 23 times before he sees Satan in the crowd. * In Isaac Asimov's short story The Feeling of Power, Myron Aub is asked to multiply the numbers 17 and 23 to demonstrate his powers of calculation * There are 23 cents (music) in a Pythagorean comma. * There were 23 members of Spiral Tribe * A key member of the Electronic Body Music band Front 242 from Belgium is Richard23. * Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans formed August 23, 2005. * In Wayne's World the movie, there is a scene where Wayne and Garth are taken to the apartment of one of the men trying to purchase and exploit their TV show. Garth asks Wayne what floor they're on, to which he replies "23rd." * Asia Argento has a 23 tattooed on her neck, and is a "23rdian" as defined above.[2] * The band Yellowcard has a song on their earlier album titled "TwentyThree" * US Cavalry legend General Custer was promoted to the senior military rank at the age of 23. The soldier was the youngest general in the US army at the time. * It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the body. * On average, every 23rd wave crashing to shore is twice as large as normal. * The human biorhythm is generally 23 days. * In Die Hard with a Vengeance, the train derails in subway station 23. * The first song on Side A of The Beatles' first album took 23 takes to record. * Saddam Hussein assumed power on July 16: 7+16=23 * In music, a chord made with all twelve tones would be a 23rd chord. The most basic chord is made with a root, third, and fifth. Continual stacking of thirds (seventh, ninth, eleventh) would result in a 23rd when all twelve tones are used. * There is a German cigarette brand named Ernte 23 * Alexander Woolcott died on a talkshow discussing Hitlerism on January 23, 1943. * Vic Morrow and 2 child actors where killed by a helicopter when filming Twilight Zone: The Movie, they died on July 23, 1984. * Jackie Wilson collapsed on stage and slipped into a coma on January 23, 1983, and died in a hospital January 23, 1984. * Pro wrestler Owen Hart fell from 90 feet to his death on May 23, 1999. * In 1993, Varg Vikernes fatally stabbed former friend and bandmate Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth. According to official reports, Euronymous received 23 stab wounds. [3] * Air Canada Flight 797 was a scheduled trans-border flight that flew on a Houston, Texas-Dallas/Fort Worth-Toronto, Ontario route. The aircraft on the flight caught fire on June 2, 1983. The fire began in the rear lavatory of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32. 23 of the 41 passengers died. * There were 19 hijackers that took over 4 planes on September 11. 19+4=23. * The World Trade Center was hit with a plane on September 11, 2001. 9+11+2+0+0+1=23. Miscellaneous Jim Carrey, in People Magazine, April 17, 2006, page 142, is quoted as saying: "I've [been fixated on] the number 23 for years. It's everywhere. Each parent passes on 23 chromosomes; Earth's axis is at a 23° angle. Psalm 23 is my mantra..." Possibly uncoincidentally, Carrey stars in the thriller The Number 23, which opens February 23, 2007. 23 is sometimes considered the cosmic number of coincidence. In Super Bowl XLI the average score is 23. In "Land of the Dead" Slack has a tattoo that says "23" on the back of her neck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillybear 365 Posted February 11, 2007 4 8 15 16 23 42 :execute: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,598 Posted February 12, 2007 23 23 23 23 23 23 :execute: 23rdian is a person who constantly witnesses the number 23 in high concentration. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vuduchile 1,941 Posted February 12, 2007 I suppose he's a decent actor, but every time I see him in this type of film it makes me long for the days of Dumb and Dumber and Ace Ventura. I guess it's inevitable. They all seem to do it. Steve Martin, Robin Williams, even Bill Murray and Adam Sandler. God Bless Will Ferrell and Mike Meyers. Two guys who haven't completely given up on comedy yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave32 14 Posted February 12, 2007 dave32....32 backwards is 23.... FOCK! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akaoni 0 Posted February 12, 2007 Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia! Fnord Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kutulu 1,598 Posted February 13, 2007 Discordianism as a religion too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akaoni 0 Posted February 13, 2007 Discordianism as a religion too I'm way ahead of you here...long time RAW fan. He began is interdementional journey on January 11th, I miss him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
