Recently a friend sent me a message that I found interesting but equally annoying. Here is an excerpt of the message:
“This year we're going to experience four unusual dates: 1/1/11,1/11/11,11/1/11,11/11/11 and thats not all... Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born. Now add the age you will be this year,and the result will be 111 for everyone! This is the year of money!!! This year October will have 5 Sundays,5 Mondays and 5 Saturdays. This happens once every 823 years. These particular years are known as 'moneybags'. The proverb goes that if you send this to..bla,bla...”
These message was interesting because of the math involved,how we all get 111 after some funny additions (You can do the math if you are interested) but more so because of the fascination that people have with dates that have the same digit appearing for the whole date digits. Whats the big deal with these dates to the extent that superstitious practices are attached to them?
The messages are annoying because of the clause “send to friends..” else something sinister that happened to someone in similar circumstances is alluded to. That is supposed to coerce you to actually send the message further. Then a more annoying phenomenon occurs where another friend sends the same message again,damn! Doesn't it make you want to scream your lungs out? And the cycle goes on and on till,the same message comes back bearing an additional comment that goes like “..This message has been around the world 3 times..” and the same old implicit threat to send it to your friends so that something can happen to you.
Has something good ever happened to you after sending these messages?
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