# It's 7/7/07, are you feeling lucky? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822 "2007-07-07T07:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/1 "2007-07-07T07:32:19Z")
Well, are yah punk? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/2 "2007-07-07T07:42:37Z")
I am not a punk. I’m calling HR on you. Bully. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/3 "2007-07-07T09:51:20Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hastily_Scrawled_Message)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/4 "2007-07-07T09:58:07Z")
Let me add that it’s also the seventh day of the week. 😃 and yes, I do. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/5 "2007-07-07T10:02:32Z")
[QUOTE=Hastily Scrawled Message] Let me add that it’s also the seventh day of the week. [/QUOTE] No it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hastily_Scrawled_Message)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/6 "2007-07-07T10:52:14Z")
Saturday, July 7, 2007 What’s hard about this? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/7 "2007-07-07T11:13:11Z")
[QUOTE=Hastily Scrawled Message] Saturday, July 7, 2007 What’s hard about this? 😉 [/QUOTE] There are seven days in a week and the last day of the week is Sunday. Saturday is the sixth. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/8 "2007-07-07T11:14:26Z")
Funny, Foxwoods is giving away $7,000 every 7 minutes to every 7th customer today, with every 7th winner winning 777 million each time the clock sticks 7:00. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/9 "2007-07-07T11:19:18Z")
I’m feeling indifferent to be honest. But part of me is wondering if something might happen as today is the 2 year aniversary of the london bombings. ---
**Author:** ![Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hastily_Scrawled_Message)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/10 "2007-07-07T11:20:09Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] There are seven days in a week and the last day of the week is Sunday. Saturday is the sixth. [/QUOTE] Ummmm… Sorry, I was using a Calendar! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/11 "2007-07-07T11:20:50Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] There are seven days in a week and the last day of the week is Sunday. Saturday is the sixth. [/QUOTE] In the United States, calenders normally list the week as starting on Sunday, so Saturday appears last (7th). My understanding that in Europe the normal practice is to list Monday as the first day of the week, which makes Saturday the sixth day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/12 "2007-07-07T11:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] There are seven days in a week and the last day of the week is Sunday. Saturday is the sixth. [/QUOTE] Wrong, Saturday is the 7th, the week begins on a Sunday Wiki tells me so ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/13 "2007-07-07T11:24:38Z")
[QUOTE=whitetho] In the United States, calenders normally list the week as starting on Sunday, so Saturday appears last (7th). My understanding that in Europe the normal practice is to list Monday as the first day of the week, which makes Saturday the sixth day of the week. [/QUOTE] I really didn’t know this! You guys just _have_ to be different don’t you 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hastily_Scrawled_Message)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/14 "2007-07-07T11:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] I really didn’t know this! You guys just _have_ to be different don’t you 😉 [/QUOTE] Not just different… but special 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Hastily\_Scrawled\_Message](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hastily_Scrawled_Message)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/15 "2007-07-07T11:32:26Z")
Oh yeah, — and LUCKY! 🆒 ---
**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:** [July 7, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/16 "2007-07-07T11:35:04Z")
Today is my 21st birthday–07+07+07=21. I’m going to the big mall, maybe I’ll get lucky and find some cute clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/17 "2007-07-07T11:37:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mirror Image egamI rorriM] Today is my 21st birthday–07+07+07=21. I’m going to the big mall, maybe I’ll get lucky and find some cute clothes. [/QUOTE] OK that’s just silly. Your 21 (7+7+7) Birthday is on the mirror image date of 07 07 07, and your name is **Mirror Image egamI rorriM**. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/18 "2007-07-07T11:52:32Z")
OK, I know that you weren’t looking for anything too deep, but yes, I feel lucky. All my life my mom and dad talked about the family luck being bad. If something bad happened it was always “That’s just the Smith\* Family luck kicking in.” No matter what happened, it was always looked at in a negative light. But I gotta say that maybe it is how you frame it. Two years ago I nearly died (OK sorry, I probably mention it too often, but it \*was \*a pretty big moment in my life…) Mom said “That’s just the Smith Family luck kicking in.” She seems to think that I had horrible luck that night. My thought: I was lucky enough to have a surgeon both skilled and dedicated enough to spend 10 1/2 hours saving my life. I could have had someone less skilled and \*that \*would have been bad luck. Life isn’t perfect and some days are still a struggle, but yeah, I feel pretty lucky. (Now if I win the lottery today I’ll feel \*even \*luckier! :)) \*Not our real last name. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/19 "2007-07-07T12:07:03Z")
[QUOTE=Khadaji] OK, I know that you weren’t looking for anything too deep, but yes, I feel lucky. [/QUOTE] Look everyone! _Content_. 🙂 Oh, and **Lobsang** , your calendars obviously must be operating via the metric system. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822/20 "2007-07-07T12:23:17Z")
No. I will let you know if I become rich or famous today, in which case I will defer may last statement. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-7-7-07-are-you-feeling-lucky/410822.md?page=2)