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10/10/10 Means Marriage Luck For Some Couples

101010101010.jpg Happy 10/10/10! There are a number of superstitions surrounding today's date. In mathematics, 101010 equals 42 in binary, which is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything according to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In Chinese culture, 10 is a lucky number. For what it's worth, it's the atomic number of Neon. And all of these reasons combined are sending a massive number of people to the altar.

According to the Daily News, about 33,000 people are registered to marry today on the Wedding Chanel and The Knot websites, about six times as many as average. One couple said, "We're Chinese, and there's a Lunar calendar for lucky days. Ten is a lucky number. 10/10/10 happens to be a very, very good day for getting married." Another Staten Island woman, Alexis Borkowski, said she has been planning to marry today for two years. "I wanted a long engagement so we would have time to save up and plan, not thinking there would be a million other people getting married on that day."

So, do you think getting married on a "lucky" day means anything? And who out there is planning an 11/11/11 or 12/12/12 wedding?

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  • Nikola

    in binary 101010 is a star *

    but

    00110100 00110010 is 42

  • anotherview

    It's an easy date for men to remember their anniversary, because most men can not remember those very special days.



    Well, maybe it wasn't that special.

  • Såkandulæredet

    10/10 is also the name of an environmental campaign that had an advertisement making fun of blowing up children. It was one of the biggest PR failures the environmentalists have seen in years. Bit violent just a warning.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSTLDel-G9k

  • John L

    I don't find anything special in it but "to each his own".

    Happy 10/10/10!

  • blueruin

    That reminds me, gotta remember to pick up fertilizer...

  • ides_of_march

    10-10-10

    The anti-christ adjusted for inflation.

  • Guest

    hah!

  • blakewallington

    It means absolutely nothing. Only a fool would believe 10/10/10 has some deeper cosmic meaning.

  • Shinobi Shaw

    Yes, because your intelligence is equal that to the Universe and you know All.

    Because it's not the fact that your a speck of sand within a celestial orb orbiting a star in infinite space.

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