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Ken Ortiz
Hello all,
I have another of those “number" observations that I hope you will enjoy. “What are the odds?”
My daughter’s birthday will be on February 22nd. So this year it will be on February 22nd 2022, or on 02/22/2022. Pretty cool. “But wait! There’s more!” <-- famous movie quote.
In short, her birthday this year will be on 2/22/22. How cool is that and what are the odds? The only other date that compares would be January 11th 2011, or 1/11/11. I don't know anybody whose birthday is on January 11th, but that would have been really cool to celebrate 11 years ago. See? More ones (1’s).
Unfortunately, my daughter was born in 1996, which means she will be 26 on 2/22/22, but what about those people who were born on February 22nd, 2000? They would now be 22 on 2/22/22. Now that is the ultimate cool celebration (just like those born on January 11, 2000 as they would be 11 on 1/11/11). What are the odds on that?
“But wait! There’s more! Hang on to your seats baby! Cause this one’s a screamer!” <---- complete famous movie quote (can you guess the movie yet?.....hint: it has Movie as part of it’s title)
So, here is how 2/22/22 beats 1/11/11: This year, my daughter’s birthday will be on 2/22/22, which is on a Tuesday which means that her birthday will be on TWOsday or 2’s day 2/22/22! (which is what 2/22/22 would probably be called). So this will be the ONLY time as far as I can see that 2/22/22 will be on a Tues(2’s)day, and if you are turning 22 on 2’s day 2/22/22, then you hit the ultimate jackpot, because what are the odds of that?
This tops the 1/11/11 date because there is no ONEsday in the week. Also, I looked ahead and the next relevant day would be 2/22/2222, but that day will be on a Friday and NOT on a Tues(2's)day.
Yikes! My brain cells need a break after all that.
I think a great memento for my daughter to keep (and definitely not cash) would be me bringing out my old trusty checkbook out of the archives and writing her a check for $222.22(2/22/22 = 2 hundred 22 dollars and 22 cents) to honor her birthday on this unique 2’s day this year.
Addendum: I thought that the ultimate 2’s day would be for those who were who were turning 22 on Tuesday(2’s day) 2/22/22, but again, after thinking of my daughter’s birth that day in 1996 and also with some additional pondering, again that famous movie quote came to mind: “But wait! There’s more!” made me realize that there is even a more “ultimate" 2’s day for 2/22/22.
With my daughter’s birth, we were actually in the hospital on the 21st of February, but after going through a difficult labor, they decided to do a C-section and my daughter was delivered in the early morning hours of 2/22/96. I was also the first one to hold her after she was born and I have a vague idea of the time, but I will have to check out her birth certificate. Do you see where I am going with this?
So, for people who were born on 2/22/2000, who will be 22 on Tuesday (2’s day) 2/22/22, wouldn’t the ULTIMATE 2’s day be if they were also born at 2:22 AM? Now, what are the odds of THAT? I think that would be the ultimate 2’s day ever!
One last thought – of all of the people in the world who would be turning 22 on 2/22/22, how many would have a time of birth at 2:22 AM? What do you think? I am pretty sure there are some curious folks who are actually researching this. Not me. I am so done. My poor brain cells are fried.
P.S.- Unfortunately, the birth certificate I have for my daughter does not show the time of birth as it's a later copy and not the original one from the hospital.
But I am pretty sure that her time of birth was around 2AM. Who knows? Wouldn't it be crazy if it was at 2:22 AM?
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