http://www.metafilter.com/tags/080808 Posts tagged with '080808' at MetaFilter. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:19:42 -0800 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:19:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73930/08%2D08%2D08%2Dluck%2Dx3 08-08-08 is not only the start of the Olympic games in China. It's also an extremely lucky date, given that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture#Eight">the number 8 is considered fortuitous in Chinese culture</a>, being associated with wealth and prosperity. Due to this unlikely (but very lucky) confluence of events, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7467015.stm">upwards of 9,000 Chinese couples will be getting hitched</a> on <a href="http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/stories/200808/s2325905.htm">08-08-08</a>. Note that not everybody agrees with the <a href="http://www.topix.net/content/prweb/2008/07/8-8-08-numerology-and-2008-olympics-numerology-and-astrology-charts-reveal-8-8-08-is-an-unlucky-day">astrological implications of this particular date</a>, but that just sounds like mumbo-jumbo to me. By way of coincidence, one of our own (American) MeFites is tying the knot tomorrow- congrats to <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/26123">voltairemodern</a> and his bride-to-be! tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73930 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:19:42 -0800 080808 china olympics wedding baphomet