# Perhaps mundanist and pointlessist post yet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756 "2008-10-20T16:44:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756/1 "2008-10-20T16:44:12Z")
For a year have been having severe medical problems, then major back surgery in Aug, and been on strong painkillers (opiates) for several months. Among the nasty side effects of these are trouble sleeping, although used to sleep like a log. Now I wake up several times during the night to go to the can, and other times for no apparent reason. Anyway, each time I wake up, I glance at the digital clock. It does not take much to amuse me, but for some weird reason, when the clock reads 11:11 that makes me feel good. Go figure. Last night I hit the jackpot. I awoke at 11:11, back to sleep awake again at 2:34, slept, and once again I opened my eyes and it was 3:45. Unfortunately, I slept right through 4:56, but hey, I am still thinking about that. As I said, am easily amused. Pointless enough? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756/2 "2008-10-20T17:02:37Z")
We’ve had far more mundane and pointless stuff than that, though not necessarily from you. I agree that it is amusing, though I’m wonky with numbers. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756/3 "2008-10-20T17:09:18Z")
I’ve always been partial to 10:01 myself. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756/4 "2008-10-20T17:20:23Z")
Wake me up when it’s 6:78. Then I’ll be interested. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756/5 "2008-10-20T17:33:42Z")
A friend was really fascinated with 11:11. Whenever the clock said that, he’d point it out. We decided to write some songs together, record them, and release them on tape. He came up with an acoustic guitar song, and titled it 11:11. Early on, we decided that it should be the first cut on the tape. I later wrote a song called The End, which would be the last song. It had an acoustic guitar track. My friend did several takes of it, and finished the final take, which we ended up using… …at 11:11am. On Veteren’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756/6 "2008-10-20T20:43:02Z")
I saw The Amityville Horror as a kid, the original 1979 movie, and was lead to believe that it was a completely factual account. George Lutz woke up to strange occurrences at exactly 3:15 every night. About a week after seeing the movie I woke up and looked at my clock at exactly 3:15 and it scared the SHIT out of me. OK, not literally, but man was I ever scared in my then basement bedroom, by myself. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perhaps-mundanist-and-pointlessist-post-yet/468756/7 "2008-10-20T23:22:00Z")
Evidently, there’s a bunch of people who feel that there’s significance to 11:11. Just google it and you’ll see tons of stuff on it. I just did and here’s the first listing I found. > [@](#): > > For many years the numbers 11:11 have been mysteriously appearing to people all over the world. Often appearing on digital clocks, the sightings of 11:11 tend to occur during times of heightened awareness, having a most powerful effect on the people involved. This causes a reactivation of our cellular memory banks. There’s a stirring deep inside, a hint of remembrance of something long forgotten. [The Meaning of 11:11](http://globalpsychics.com/enlightening-you/numerology/1111.shtml) And I’ve also seen some more negative type comments about that time from other people. I’m glad that your feelings are positive about it.