Fourteen

[Zhou]

Numbers are funny things, they have an impact on people and various numbers mean certain things to different people and cultures. In China the luckiest number is 8 followed by 6. On the other hand 4 is generally* considered unlucky because the Chinese word for four，si (四）is similar to the word for death (死).

However my favourite number is 14. It has been my favourate number for as long as I can remember but 14 is an interesting number. Fourteen is the sum of the first three squares; 1^2+2^2+3^2=14. Also, in Roman numerals 14 is the first number that uses three seperate characters; XIV.

I also like 6 and for some reason I always associate that number with the colour green.

*Four can sometimes be seen as lucky in China as it represents four seasons and sometimes the character for four is used in Chinese names.

[Zhou]

So... What is your favorite number? And your justification!

[pluto]

I've always seen 3 as yellow and 5 as red...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

[pgc hunter]

Fascinating.

My favo number is 786 because it looks cool on paper.

[GrahamL]

I think of 6 as green to!

Sab 786 could be representitive of the BP of the big low preasure systems that haunt you brother ... maybe your channeling them in ;)

[Nico13]

Ah it's all black and white to me, but 13 as you will see in my forum name and it's my birthday, also most people find it a negative number where I find it a very postive one. :thumbsup:

[Colin_Fraser]

Mine is 11. Was married 11/11 at 11am
Lots of important events happened on the 11th
Ned Kelly hung 11/11
Gough Whitlam sacked 11/11
Armistace Day 11/11 and a big heap of others

http://www.historyorb.com/events/november/11

[multiweb]

+1 for 13. :thumbsup: My b'day and also every house # I lived in as a kid were #13. Go figure. :)

[TrevorW]

My favourite is 13

[brian nordstrom]

:D 14 as well followed by 10 .
In my dreams a C14 is my dream scope , I will win it in october .
Brian.

[Matt Wastell]

11 cheers for binary!

[clive milne]

When ever I have had the inclination to actually make the effort to select numbers for lotto, I have stacked the ticket heavily in favour of of those which contain fours and avoided 1 to 31 (people pick birthdays - days & months) and I never, ever pick 7, 8, 13 or 14.

i know it wont make any difference to my chance of winning but on the off chance that I do, there will be less people with the same numbers.

As for my favourite number... 5040 & 7920 would have to be up there.

Please someone tell me they understand why...?

[Matt Wastell]

I like your theory - but include 8 - I believe it is the number that comes up the most!

[Zhou]

When I select lotto numbers I always select two perfect squares and one perfect cube.

BTW, I have never won more than a few dollars on the lotto but then again I don't play it very much.

[Robh]

5040=7!=7x8x9x10
7920=8x9x10x11

Regards, Rob

[clive milne]

;)

By no means exhaustive, but for those that didn't know

This is an introduction to an extraordinary number:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)