# Truly MPSIMS, What's your lucky # and why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492 "2002-03-28T01:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/1 "2002-03-28T01:58:35Z")
Mine is 91872. 5 years ago it was a number assigned to me in a large online group. Since then I use it in any anti-capitalistic art, showing how companies just think of you as another number. And it’s cool making people wonder why I have a 5 digit lucky number:D . ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/2 "2002-03-28T03:33:27Z")
8 - Cal Ripken 29 - just like it They are right next to each other on the roulette wheel, so I bet them both straight up. And I’ve won as much as $700 on a single bet. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/3 "2002-03-28T03:51:09Z")
7 and 10, because my birthday is July 10th. ALSO right next to each other on the roulette bet board. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/4 "2002-03-28T03:58:07Z")
38 During the one and only time so far in my life that I was called to jury duty, I was assigned badge #38. It was a lucky badge, as I never had to serve on a trial (and was, in fact, only called out of the jury pool room once). ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/5 "2002-03-28T03:59:05Z")
11 You can flip it left to right or top to bottom and it’s still the same. And on the 11th day of the11th month in my 11th year I was assigned it in class. That’s when I figured it was a good number to take. And it’s a prime number to boot. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/6 "2002-03-28T05:00:22Z")
#13. I figured it’s unlucky to everyone else, so it’s gotta be lucky for someone! ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/7 "2002-03-28T05:14:52Z")
15-my best years in hockey and soccer were the ones when i wore 15. For some reason almost no good NHL players wear it, but it worked for me. Plus, my birthday is August 7 and 8+7, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/8 "2002-03-28T16:59:00Z")
44 - Simply because it is the number I always wore for basketball. ---
**Author:** ![igotit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@igotit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/igotit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/9 "2002-03-28T17:05:06Z")
17, because it’s the number of the day I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/10 "2002-03-28T17:34:18Z")
The square root of -1. It’s imaginary. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/11 "2002-03-28T18:52:33Z")
I feel like a number, and that number is ZERO. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/12 "2002-03-28T18:58:45Z")
333, courtesy of the US Selective Service (aka “the draft board”) from the early '70s. Palindromes are my life. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/13 "2002-03-28T19:00:05Z")
3 - just because. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/14 "2002-03-28T19:25:05Z")
**5** Because I race in triathlons, and whenever there’s a 5 somewhere in my race number (usually a 3-digit number), I’ll always set a new personal record in at least one leg of the event. If there’s no 5, then I never PR a leg. (I guess that technically makes it a lucky digit, rather than a lucky number.) ---
**Author:** ![Kybrdbrkn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kybrdbrkn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kybrdbrkn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/15 "2002-03-28T20:15:54Z")
Well, _somebody_ was going to say it… My favorite number is: 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094… ---
**Author:** ![Kiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kiki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiki)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/16 "2002-03-28T20:28:28Z")
My lucky number is 4 and I have no idea where it came from. I always pick it as my lucky number though. That’s how my SO and I picked our wedding date. His lucky number is 17 (from playing Roulette) and my lucky number is 4 so we decided to get married 04/17. ---
**Author:** ![Kybrdbrkn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kybrdbrkn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kybrdbrkn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/17 "2002-03-28T20:31:51Z")
Oh, as for why I chose that particular, well-known number… Well, I could have gone with _e_, but pi is so much more popular, and it has a cool-looking little greek symbol that I wish I could type with this computer. ---
**Author:** ![Kybrdbrkn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kybrdbrkn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kybrdbrkn)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/18 "2002-03-28T20:37:04Z")
Oh, as for why I chose that particular, well-known number… Well, I could have gone with _e_, but pi is so much more popular, and it has a cool-looking little greek symbol that I wish I could type with this computer. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/19 "2002-03-28T21:11:00Z")
Another #13-just-to-be-contrarian here. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492/20 "2002-03-28T21:28:49Z")
1. My birthday is February 21, plus 21 is the product of two numbers that are sort of “universally lucky” (3 and 7). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truly-mpsims-whats-your-lucky-and-why/100492.md?page=2)