# 07/07/07 Coming Up... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759 "2007-05-28T05:16:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/1 "2007-05-28T05:16:46Z")
It is a big day here in Las Vegas - people have been booking wedding chapels like crazy to get married on this “lucky” day. Back when I was young and living large in NYC, I held a huge party in a downtown loft on 7/7/77. At 7:07 we all drank 7/7’s (for those of you who don’t know, that is Seagram’s Seven with Seven Up). I got some friends together and we sent out and handed out invites to people at random…plus sent a few to celebrities…we looked in the phone book and found a woman named Marilyn Seven and called and invited her - she laughed and said she would have loved to come, but it was her birthday that day and she had already arranged for a large party of her own. The night of the party we had probably 50 people show up, of which nobody knew anybody else. It was one of the best parties I have ever had…a few of those people became friends for many years afterwards. One of those guests was a really great guy who became a close friend - he had received the invitation from two lesbian friends who had received the invitation from one of the celebrities and passed it on. Anyway - please continue the tradition and be sure to celebrate 07/07/07 appropriately! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/2 "2007-05-28T13:52:25Z")
July 7, 2007 is my 34th birthday and I’ll celebrate any damn way I want! Which will probably mean firing up the BBQ at work during my dinner hour 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/3 "2007-05-28T14:23:20Z")
And next year I get to celebrate on 08/08/08! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/4 "2007-05-28T14:53:48Z")
Sounds like a great day to play slot machines and blackjack! But I recommend avoiding the craps tables, unless you’re a “don’t” bettor (wagering that a roll of 7 causes the shooter to lose). ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/5 "2007-05-28T15:42:12Z")
[QUOTE=Barbarian] July 7, 2007 is my 34th birthday and I’ll celebrate any damn way I want! Which will probably mean firing up the BBQ at work during my dinner hour 😛 [/QUOTE] Pfft. It’s my 21st birthday. 07 + 07 + 07 = 21. My birthday is magic–add up the moth, the day, and the year, and it’s my age. Anyway, I probably won’t do much of anything to celebrate it. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/6 "2007-05-28T23:20:08Z")
[QUOTE=Mirror Image egamI rorriM] Pfft. It’s my 21st birthday. 07 + 07 + 07 = 21. My birthday is magic–add up the moth, the day, and the year, and it’s my age. Anyway, I probably won’t do much of anything to celebrate it. [/QUOTE] except maybe suddenly move the next stage of human evolution like Commander Decker and Lt. Ilia. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/7 "2007-05-29T15:33:46Z")
…wondering if any airlines have a Flight 7 on a Boeing 777, departing from Gate 7… ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/8 "2007-05-29T16:29:19Z")
[QUOTE=Mirror Image egamI rorriM] Pfft. It’s my 21st birthday. 07 + 07 + 07 = 21. My birthday is magic–add up the moth, the day, and the year, and it’s my age. Anyway, I probably won’t do much of anything to celebrate it. [/QUOTE] Congratulations on being finally allowed to legally drink, ya hoser. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/9 "2007-05-29T17:14:16Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] …wondering if any airlines have a Flight 7 on a Boeing 777, departing from Gate 7… [/QUOTE] I did a quick peek on Google. The only flight 7 on the first page of results was a major international incident in the 1980s. Perhaps that flight number was retired? Still… it’d be interesting to talk to Virgin Atlantic about a charter flight that day on a Triple Seven, with low-stakes (or not so low, in first class) casino games on the plane. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/10 "2007-05-29T17:37:40Z")
[QUOTE=Scuba\_Ben] The only flight 7 on the first page of results was a major international incident in the 1980s. Perhaps that flight number was retired? [/QUOTE] I’m guessin’ that was flight 007, the Korean Air Lines plane shot down by the Russians when it inadvertently crossed into their airspace near Sakhalin. Yes, both the flight number and flight path were subsequently retired. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/11 "2007-05-29T18:05:31Z")
My friend’s daughter is getting married on 07/07/07 at 7:07 PM. They’ll always have something to talk about… ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/12 "2007-05-30T03:25:58Z")
[QUOTE=Barbarian] Congratulations on being finally allowed to legally drink, ya hoser. [/QUOTE] Except I don’t drink because I’m bipolar and now that I’ve finally found a medication cocktail that works, I have no desire to mess with my internal chemistry. But thanks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/13 "2007-05-30T10:54:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] And next year I get to celebrate on 08/08/08! 🙂 [/QUOTE] so do I ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/14 "2007-05-30T10:56:26Z")
7/7 is San Fermin. In Pamplona we always celebrate it, thanks, y’all can come and watch the bull runs. Please don’t run drunk, don’t run high and don’t jump from the fountain behind St Nicolas. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/15 "2007-05-30T11:53:58Z")
Is that 7/7 in American or European date notation? Come on, \*\*\*somebody \*\*\*had to do it… ---
**Author:** ![Barrington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Barrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrington)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/16 "2007-05-30T13:38:09Z")
I’ve got to wait until 2010 for my three-way-synchronous birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/17 "2007-05-30T16:03:32Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Is that 7/7 in American or European date notation? [/QUOTE] American, of course! The Europeans would write it 7/7 instead. I’m another 7/7 birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/18 "2007-05-31T01:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] And next year I get to celebrate on 08/08/08! 🙂 [/QUOTE] Maybe Cartoon Network will show all the episodes of ‘8th Man’ uninterrupted. 😛 As for me, my son just passed the test tonight to try for his green belt at the next promotion held by the dojo. I celebrated by getting him a soda… and my wife and I a lottery ticket. Hey, if he can have green, why can’t we…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/19 "2007-05-31T02:19:01Z")
BAH. My parents got married at 4:32pm on August 7, 1965 ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759/20 "2007-05-31T04:48:23Z")
[QUOTE=Barrington] I’ve got to wait until 2010 for my three-way-synchronous birthday. [/QUOTE] Heh, mine was 6/6/6. That was fun. 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/07-07-07-coming-up/405759.md?page=2)