# Lucky 8's...

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 27, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-8s/487615 "2009-02-27T04:45:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lucky-8s/487615/1 "2009-02-27T04:45:11Z")

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There was a thread about the mystical and symbolic nature of the number 8… The number’s being 66 and 88. Hombre y Jesus. What was this particular, named, phenomenon of eight? I want to link to the original GQ thread about this…