# Are there numbers that pop up everywhere? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761 "2001-01-06T22:05:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/21 "2001-01-08T12:56:09Z")
I keep coming across the number 5005. No idea why. I just go with it. ---
**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/22 "2001-01-08T15:00:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HerMajestyLorna \* > \*\*Or am I just noticing it because I am somewhat concious of it? \*\* Yes, because you’re looking for it, consciously and subconsciously. Anyway, everybody knows that 5 is no longer talking to 8 ever since that incident with 9. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/23 "2001-01-08T18:45:38Z")
But I always thought it was seven that eight nine. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/24 "2001-01-08T19:04:11Z")
_groooaan_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/25 "2001-01-08T22:44:10Z")
Oh my God! I was born in '58. \ Did anybody get to write the date 01/01/01? I didn’t write a check or go to work, so I missed out. Next year we can write 02/02/02. Cool. And the year after that… \ ---
**Author:** ![Short](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Short](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/26 "2001-01-09T05:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Claiborne \* > \*\*\ Did anybody get to write the date 01/01/01? I didn’t write a check or go to work, so I missed out. Next year we can write 02/02/02. Cool. And the year after that… > \ \*\* Yep, my rent check was dated 01/01/01. It also had FAR too many numbers in it for the ratty “ask us about our hourly rates” apartment I live in. As for the op: Nifty (and true) formula: e^(pi\*i)+1=0 Uses five of the “really weird numbers:” e, pi, i, 1, 0. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/27 "2001-01-09T07:47:07Z")
2+3=5 1+7=8 5\*8=40 23+17=40 Think about it… ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/28 "2001-01-09T08:00:11Z")
Well I live in no.76 I was born on the 3rd I’m 30 It’s 8pm on the 9th and the year is 2001 now tell me there isn’t a God. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/29 "2001-01-09T09:00:15Z")
Well, I’ve memorized all the powers of two up to the sixteenth. So, uhh. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/30 "2001-01-09T15:09:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*37 \*\* Okay. That proves my point! I came in here to say 37. My ex-bf has a friend who had a portion of his (now defunct) website devoted to 37. It’s freakin’ everywhere. He cited a bunch of movies where 37 is the number of choice and I am always noticing it popping up. In fact, it is the age of the woman the ex is now “dating.” How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/31 "2001-01-10T02:18:11Z")
I worked from New Year’s Eve through New Year’s Day, and managed to log in from one of my rounds at 01:01:01 01/01/01! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/32 "2001-01-10T02:32:33Z")
O\_o ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/33 "2001-01-10T02:34:24Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Short \* > \*\*e^(pi_i)+1=0 > > Uses five of the “really weird numbers:” e, pi, i, 1, 0. \*\* 1 is a really weird number? e, pi, i, 0, all have some odd properties, but, 1? ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/34 "2001-01-10T02:48:09Z")
I see 311 popping up a lot. It’s the time I usually first look at the clock when I get home from school, and that really weirds me out. ---
**Author:** ![Tzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/35 "2001-01-10T06:30:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*Okay. That proves my point! I came in here to say 37. My ex-bf has a friend who had a portion of his (now defunct) website devoted to 37. > > It’s freakin’ everywhere. He cited a bunch of movies where 37 is the number of choice and I am always noticing it popping up. In fact, it is the age of the woman the ex is now “dating.” How’s that? \*\* Definitely. 37 is one of those numbers people think up when trying to come up with a sufficiently “random” number. Think of David Blaine’s trick where he tells someone to think of a two digit number where both digits are odd and not the same number. Ask someone this and they will come up with 37 about 80% of the time or so. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2001, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/36 "2001-01-10T06:39:18Z")
When I used to play the daily numbers, I would choose 538. It seemed like every time I went to the store, the bill would be $5.38, or when I looked at the clock, it would be 5:38. I don’t play the numbers anymore, and I don’t see that number either. ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/37 "2001-01-12T10:34:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by blur \* > \*\*When I used to play the daily numbers, I would choose 538. It seemed like every time I went to the store, the bill would be $5.38, or when I looked at the clock, it would be 5:38. I don’t play the numbers anymore, and I don’t see that number either. \*\* I take it, you didn’t win unusually often. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2001, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761/38 "2001-01-12T15:33:27Z")
Well, I’ll be the only serious poster to this thread. With me it’s eleven. 11’s are everywhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-numbers-that-pop-up-everywhere/48761.md?page=1)