# 12/12/12
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 12, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831 "2012-12-12T15:18:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/21 "2012-12-12T22:19:13Z")
My daughter and I partied 12:12 on 12/12/12 with cake and ice cream. Of course it’s my birthday so I guess we had two occasions to celebrate.
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### Author:  [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2012, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/22 "2012-12-12T22:39:41Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#):
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> My daughter and I partied 12:12 on 12/12/12 with cake and ice cream. Of course it’s my birthday so I guess we had two occasions to celebrate.
Happy Birthday! _blowing hard on the curly-outie thing_
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### Author:  [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/23 "2012-12-12T22:55:47Z")
> [@tdn](#):
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> A little of each, I guess. I can figure out, in my head, what day of the week any date falls on. For 13/13/13, I just used 1/13/14.
It is a Monday, and don’t give up the secret! Shhhhh!
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/24 "2012-12-12T23:26:48Z")
> [@Werekoala](#):
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> So the next time this happens (repeating date digits) will be January 1, 2101, correct? 01/01/01?
So, 99 years until the next triple date. Let’s agree to pull this thread up then. It’ll be a real zombie.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/25 "2012-12-13T00:00:20Z")
> [@Werekoala](#):
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> So the next time this happens (repeating date digits) will be January 1, 2101, correct? 01/01/01?
Well, considering the world ends on 12/21/12, I guess we’ll never get a chance to see that happen.
☹
Of course we’ll all be 150 years old then, but still…
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### Author:  [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/26 "2012-12-13T05:01:25Z")
What if we switched to base twelve?
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### Author:  [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/27 "2012-12-13T05:06:20Z")
> [@Werekoala](#):
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> So the next time this happens (repeating date digits) will be January 1, 2101, correct? 01/01/01?
I hope that’s right. I’ve been correcting people on Facebook all day who either say there will never be a repeating date again or that the next repeating date will be January 1, 3001.
C’mon, people, it’s not that hard to figure out!
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/28 "2012-12-13T05:12:28Z")
> [@Sally\_Mander](#):
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> I’ve been correcting people on Facebook all day …
Are you Sisyphus on Facebook?
\*😃
\*
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### Author:  [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/29 "2012-12-13T05:18:37Z")
> [@Duckster](#):
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> Are you Sisyphus on Facebook?
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> \*😃
> \*
No, I just (apparently) have a lot of stupid friends. :smack:
😃
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/30 "2012-12-13T14:05:31Z")
> [@RadicalPi](#):
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> It is a Monday, and don’t give up the secret! Shhhhh!
Shhhhh! And yesterday was you-know-what-day. We won’t see another one of those until January 3rd.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/31 "2012-12-13T14:39:14Z")
I’m looking forward to 11.12.13 next year.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/32 "2012-12-13T14:47:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I’m looking forward to 11.12.13 next year.
I’m looking forward to December 34th, 2056, at 7:89 am.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/33 "2012-12-13T16:08:35Z")
> [@Sally\_Mander](#):
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> I hope that’s right. I’ve been correcting people on Facebook all day who either say there will never be a repeating date again or that the next repeating date will be January 1, 3001.
> C’mon, people, it’s not that hard to figure out!
[You might like this tweet from Rowan Atkinson.](https://twitter.com/OfficalMrBean/status/279103221904060416) (Not _quite_ on the same topic, but the same principle.)
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### Author:  [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/34 "2012-12-13T17:05:48Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#):
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> [You might like this tweet from Rowan Atkinson.](https://twitter.com/OfficalMrBean/status/279103221904060416) (Not _quite_ on the same topic, but the same principle.)
Awesome!
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### Author:  [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/35 "2012-12-13T18:19:37Z")
> [@chefguy](#):
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> i’m looking forward to 11.12.13 next year.
11.12.13 2:15:16 pm
😃
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/36 "2012-12-13T20:35:21Z")
You know some idiot was going to do it.And suprise!, he’s from Texas.
[Man carves pentagram into son’s back.](http://news.yahoo.com/texan-carves-pentagram-sons-back-holy-day-12-200105449.html;_ylt=AmdHYASdpDY3KGAHB9zvoDIJVux_;_ylu=X3oDMTIxdmVnbWplBG1pdANBVFQgSG9tZSBXaWRnZXRyb24gVGVzdCAxBHBvcwMzBHNlYwNNZWRpYUF0dFdpZGdldHJvbkFzc2VtYmx5;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3)
> [@](#):
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> A Texas man told authorities he carved a pentagram into the back of his 6-year-old son “because it is a holy day” in reference to the numerical date of 12-12-12, police said.
Why the hell didn’t he carve it on himself?
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### Author:  [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/37 "2012-12-13T20:46:36Z")
> [@Werekoala](#):
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> So the next time this happens (repeating date digits) will be January 1, 2101, correct? 01/01/01?
I’ll settle for 2/2/22.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-12-12/643831/38 "2012-12-13T21:24:24Z")
> [@runner pat](#):
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> You know some idiot was going to do it.And suprise!, he’s from Texas.
You really didn’t need to include the Texas part. Though it’s possible that I would have guessed Florida instead.
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