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Saturday, July 7, 2018

Lucky Day

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Do you feel lucky today?
(apologies to Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" see below)

The number 7 has long been connected with good luck. It's a prime number (along with 3, 11 and 13,267).

July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 177 days remaining until year end. Here's some trivia about the number 7 and this is an incomplete list . . .

  • 7 days in a week
  • 7 wonders of the ancient world
  • 7 seas
  • 7 continents
  • 7 vertebrae in the human neck
  • 7 in the Bible (7 deadly sins, 7 days of creation)
  • 7 candles are on a Menorah
  • 7 phases of the moon
  • 7 colors in a rainbow
  • 7 sins and 7 virtues
  • 7 years bad luck
  • 7 players on a handball team
  • 7 logic gates(NOT, NOR, XNOR, XOR, AND, NAND, and OR)
  • 7 digits in a U.S. phone number after the area code
  • 7 dwarves
  • Boeing 707 and 777
  • 7 is lucky in craps, slot machines, blackjack
  • 7 is the number of Harry Potter novels and Harry was born in the 7th month of July, the number 7 is on his Quidditch robe, Ron Weasley is the 7th child in his family, students completed 7 years at Hogwarts School for Wizards
  • TV shows with the number 7: 7th Heaven, 77 Sunset Strip, Blake's 7, 227
  • Movies with the number 7: The Seven Year Itch, Seven Days in May, Seven years in Tibet, The Magnificent Seven, 7 Faces of Dr Lao, Robin and the Seven Hoods, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Seven Little Foys, The Seven Per-Cent Solution, The Seventh Veil, Seven Pounds 
  • Books with the number 7: The House of the Seven Gables, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, The Seven Minutes, Seven Little Monsters, The Seven Storey Mountain
  • Songs with the number 7: Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat), Seven Wonders, Seventeen, Seventh Son, At Seventeen
These lists are far from complete — you can add more in a comment below. 
Wishing everyone a lucky day whatever you're doing today and every day.

Here's the Dirty Harry movie line: "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk? 

11 comments:

William Kendall said...

The Seven Dwarves are busy having drinks at the pub to mark the occasion.

Emma Springfield said...

Seven siblings in my family. How lucky is that?

MadSnapper n Beau said...

ha ha on the 7 dwarves from William, that is a lot of sevens for sure.

NCmountainwoman said...

Our daughter-in-law had a birthday today. She was born on 7-7-77.

Valerie said...

Seven Sisters comes to mind but I have no idea who they were. Of course, I can always look it up!

Anonymous said...

that is amazing,, thank you for this, a sunday smile, my first visit here , the name of your blog captured my eye,, I will enjoy following you!

Beatrice P. Boyd said...

Hi Laurie and thanks for the first-time visit and comment. I had fun compiling the lists and glad it brought a smile to your Sunday. I will be stopping in to your blog as well. I am always happy to make new blogger friends and hope you will visit again!

Linda said...

Hahaha! I love the Dirty Harry movies and Clint Eastwood! My grown children and I have made a game of quoting movie lines and this has always been one of our favorites! I’m visiting from Laurie’s blog.....

Connie said...

Wishing you a day full of good luck! :)

Silver in AZ said...

7/7 indeed! I have a friend with a birthday today. :) Nice bit of research for this post, too! And thanks for stopping by my blog! I'm bookmarking/now following yours!

Anvilcloud said...

That's a pretty complete list. Since you caught 7th heaven in there, I have nothing to add. :)