One week into this month of May, we pause
In silence, or in loudness, to reflect
On how we've come together, though at odds,
To share and chronologically connect.
Though odd the convocation surely sounds,
The unity that oddity affords
Revives the spirit, echoes, and resounds
Across the waters to the distant shores.
Consecutive, the numbers now parade--
A hero's welcome for Five, Seven, Nine.
The drum corps beats tattoos like cannonade
The martial sound, the very march of time.
So gather rosebuds, rise now, and applaud.
Today we toast the name of all things odd!
or
Oddly Consecutive!
5/7/9 is the
Date we've been waiting for,
Weird as it seems.
Keep your round numbers and
Sesquicentennials!
THIS is the day when odd
Fellows convene! posted by The White Hat at 9:07 AM on May 7
1/3/5 at 7:09:11 should be both Odd Second and Square Second. posted by DU at 9:12 AM on May 7
Vague complaint about the senselessness of the month-day-year ordering. Suggestion of European Odd Day on 5th July this year, and an ISO odd day on 2009-11-13. posted by fantabulous timewaster at 9:13 AM on May 7 [3 favorites has favorites]
I recall hanging out on /. on 1999/11/29 and taking note of the fact that it was the last day with all odd numbers until 3111/1/1.
Ah, but did you recently watch your linux system clock hit 1,234,567,890 seconds since epoch time started?
It was a little anticlimactic, if I'm honest. posted by metaBugs at 9:50 AM on May 7
Is this like Mother's Day, where it falls on different days in the UK and US? For us it's 7/5/09. We'll have to wait a couple of months. posted by mippy at 9:52 AM on May 7
I just realized how awesome 02/02/2020 is going to be. I plan to live the second half of the day as the exact opposite of the first. posted by Potomac Avenue at 10:22 AM on May 7
Is this something you would need a calendar to understand? posted by owtytrof at 12:14 PM on May 7
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-rickety-tickety-tin.
Eat dinner first today, and wear
Your undies outside in.
And if somebody wears a frown
Just give ‘em a wacky grin.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-rickety-tickety-tin.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-wickety-wuckety-woo.
Say goodbye when you’re going
And when you’re coming, too.
Tell people your favorite color
Is greenish-brownish-pinkish-blue.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-wickety-wuckety-woo.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-dockery-dickery-dah.
When somebody says you’re pretty
Just tell them ‘So’s your Ma!’
And buy an extra train ticket
For someone’s old grandpa
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-dockery-dickery-dah.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-wiggity-squiggity-squo.
Take a day off from your work today
To watch the flowers grow.
And if it’s bright and sunny
Just imagine that there’s snow.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-wiggity-squiggity-squo.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A-tiggery-tiggery-tay.
When it’s dark at night tonight
Act if it’s bright as day.
And when someone else is being odd
Don’t get in the way.
It’s Odd Day. It’s Odd Day!
A tiggery-tiggery-tay. posted by kldickson at 12:17 PM on May 7
You can't recreate the magic of 1/3/579. Until 1/3/5,8911 anyway.
I don't really think today should count what with that pesky 2 and 0 in the year. posted by six-or-six-thirty at 1:02 PM on May 7
The even numbers continue to infiltrate! *shakes fist* posted by six-or-six-thirty at 1:03 PM on May 7
Seconding the vague complaint about obnoxious middle-endian date format.
I'll think it's cool when it's 2009-11-13. posted by spitefulcrow at 1:13 PM on May 7
Well, today was the first time I ever heard the phrase "yodeling nipple frog.'
posted by prufrock at 8:04 AM on May 7