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ving
15-02-2007, 11:04 AM
Happy y2k Ethiopia!!!
yup thats right, Ethiopia are now officially in the same century as us! :)
the fact is that well, its not cause they are a backwards bunch at all, they just use a different callendar to us. Ethiopia use the Ethiopian calandar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar) which is a variant on the julian.

so happy y2k everyone in ethiopia!!! :D

:party:
Dennis
15-02-2007, 11:10 AM
Err, Ving....dare I ask, how on earth did you come by this snippet of information? It seems so, well...ummm, obscure? :nerd:

But, thanks anyhow, I will now sleep more easily. :whistle:

Cheers

Dennis
ving
15-02-2007, 11:12 AM
I am full of "usefull" information hey ;)

heard it on the radio this morning. :)

of course my source is wrong... they will be celebrating y2k (21st century) on teh 12 of sept this year... strange world we live in huh!
Dennis
15-02-2007, 11:14 AM
My mind is now at ease - thank you. :thumbsup:

Cheers

Dennis
ving
15-02-2007, 11:19 AM
makes one wonder... is that when teh y2k bug is gunna hit?
Omaroo
15-02-2007, 12:02 PM
So... sit back and watch EVERYONE's computers crash now. The Y2K conspiracy theorists really DID mean this date the first time around...they just made a mistake before and gave us the wrong one :D
h0ughy
15-02-2007, 12:06 PM
Ving You are full of IT!!!!!
ving
15-02-2007, 12:23 PM
what is "it" exactly david? :)
something nice i hope :P

thats right chris, the y2k theorists were just using the wrong calendar!!!
the julian calendar is a much older calendar then the gregorian so it makes sense that everything would crash according to the original ;)
Ric
15-02-2007, 03:34 PM
Hey Ving, if there is ever a game of Trivial pursuit happening I'm going to make sure I'm on your team.

Cheers
DobDobDob
15-02-2007, 03:39 PM
Will you be my 'Phone a friend'? :P
ving
15-02-2007, 04:04 PM
lol...

if you can tell me whos phone number this is: 8675309.
;)
DobDobDob
15-02-2007, 04:46 PM
Er... http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index.php?qid=1006031811995
ving
15-02-2007, 04:48 PM
no its not jesse mccartney...
and thats what you get for trying to cheat :P

try again
DobDobDob
15-02-2007, 04:54 PM
How about:

http://www.deeko.com/nintendo_ds/reviewdetail.asp?id=635
http://forums.muslimvillage.net/lofiversion/index.php/t9662.html
but then again, it's probably this:

http://www2.abc.net.au/science/k2/stn-archive1/posts/topic22197.shtm

Please don't make me list the 12,800 possible answers :(
ving
15-02-2007, 05:02 PM
nup peter sellers aint it... come on its famous!!

ahh! i see you got it. if you put the number in wikipedia you can get some really good info on it :)
DobDobDob
15-02-2007, 05:24 PM
Yes, I can see what you mean:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8675309

:thumbsup:
Striker
15-02-2007, 05:39 PM
Nice going Ving,

So this means Tasmania should be getting close as well.:scared3:

ok go to go...lol
Ric
15-02-2007, 11:11 PM
Fascinating piece of trivia Ving with that phone number, there certainly is a lot of history associated with it and a lot more being created.

Cheers
Omaroo
16-02-2007, 08:29 AM
You'll have to ask Jenny - she'll know. And no... I didn't need Google to tell me that. :)
ving
17-02-2007, 12:19 PM
you need to tell her to update her number chris... doest seem to work anymore? ;)
Gargoyle_Steve
17-02-2007, 01:21 PM
In a similar vein, can anyone identify 634-5789 WITHOUT looking it up??
DobDobDob
17-02-2007, 07:57 PM
No, I looked it up, but will keep it secret :(
Ric
17-02-2007, 09:50 PM
Hi Steve, it sound like the number of the train in the X-Files that was transporting the alien grey in about season 6 or 7
I haven't looked it up yet.

Cheers
Gargoyle_Steve
18-02-2007, 12:24 AM
I like your answer a LOT Ric, but no that's not it. I might have to read up on the X-Files connection though.

Like I said it IS in a very similar vein to the first one in that it is a "phone number" again. I'm sure someone will recognise it at some point, but this one is a little harder to look up - I checked that before posting it.