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jester77 · 09-02-2011 04:06PM

I always notice 07:45, it's usually associated with a loud noise and a sudden awakening, followed by the truly awful realisation that it's time to go to work

funkyouup · 09-02-2011 04:07PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

What about 23?

Thats Numberwang!

gf2009 · 09-02-2011 04:07PM

liah wrote: »

It's not a phenomenon, it's just you noticing 11:11 more than others because it's a pattern and you've attached the meaning of 'phenomenon' to it.

I see 11.11 on the clock all the time... more often than other numbers. I agree with Liah's explanation that it's because you attach more significance to it though.

It's similar to a new car... if you buy a new blue ford focus you will start seeing blue focus cars everywhere, way more than before, not because there was a sale on blue ford focus cars. Just because you're mind pays more attention to them.

Yeah, I know not many cars selling these days

Seanachai · 09-02-2011 04:09PM

11:11 , 22:22 , 12:21 , 10:10 , 15:15 , etc , etc. Yeah I get it taking my phone out of my pocket randomly , switching on the TV , waking up and looking at the alarm clock or phone on a regular basis. I have a friend who told me I was taking the p**s and making it up until he started noticing it was happening when I asked to use his phone , laptop etc. He doesn't think I'm taking the piss anymore. Cue synapses firing overtime and keystrokes from logiticians and coincidence theorists.

liah · 09-02-2011 04:11PM

bungler wrote: »

I had to get the mother in laws dog put down on new years day. After she was put down the vet gave me the cert to confirm it and the date was 1/1/11 and the time was 1.11. Later that day i got that email that if you add the year you were born ie 84 plus the age you will be this year 27 the answer comes to 111.

I know its all coincidence but still a bit weird.
Now beam me up Scotty

That's not weird at all.. the year is 2011, if you add how old you are to your birthday what exactly do you think the result will be?

In 2012, it'll be 12 instead of 11.

Jumpy · 09-02-2011 04:13PM

THis is AH so you may thing its a pisstake but it isnt.

My sister was born on the 11/11/77
My grandfather was born on the 11/11/11

09-02-2011 04:13PM

jester77 wrote: »

I always notice 07:45, it's usually associated with a loud noise and a sudden awakening, followed by the truly awful realisation that it's time to go to work

7.45 what a lie in!!!

liah wrote: »

That's not weird at all.. the year is 2011, if you add how old you are to your birthday what exactly do you think the result will be? In 2012, it'll be 12 instead of 11.

And people wonder if kids need to learn more maths

liah · 09-02-2011 04:15PM

bluewolf wrote: »

nd people wonder if kids need to learn more maths

The worst part is, I actually have dyscalculia..

Penn · 09-02-2011 04:16PM

Jumpy wrote: »

THis is AH so you may thing its a pisstake but it isnt.

My sister was born on the 11/11/77
My grandfather was born on the 11/11/11

Not a coincidence. Just means your family likes ****ing around St.Valentines Day

Pace2008 · 09-02-2011 04:17PM

Confirmation bias, that is all.

Lawrence1895 · 09-02-2011 04:17PM

In Germany and other countries, they celebrate 'Carnival'. The season always starts on November 11th at 11:11am...four of them elevens

Red Hand · 09-02-2011 04:19PM

Lars1916 wrote: »

In Germany and other countries, they celebrate 'Carnival'. The season always starts on November 11th at 11:11am...four of them elevens

Armistace 1918 must have been a barrell of laughs.:pac:

jester77 · 09-02-2011 04:23PM

Lars1916 wrote: »

In Germany and other countries, they celebrate 'Carnival'. The season always starts on November 11th at 11:11am...four of them elevens

It's mainly only in Köln that they do that, Fasching is the name.

liah · 09-02-2011 04:25PM

jester77 wrote: »

It's mainly only in Köln that they do that, Fasching is the name.

Didn't know that. I was here in Germany in November and I never heard anything about a Carnival type thing, suppose I'm too far north in the country for it. I've heard about it in other countries though.

kerryman12 · 09-02-2011 04:28PM

Lars1916 wrote: »

In Germany and other countries, they celebrate 'Carnival'. The season always starts on November 11th at 11:11am...four of them elevens

I would imagine that is in the south, they celebrate in Basel Switzerland also, never been but sounds pretty cool.

Larianne · 09-02-2011 04:29PM

liah wrote: »

The worst part is, I actually have dyscalculia..

So do I.

I don't understand this thread at all.

murrayp4 · 09-02-2011 04:30PM

I'm waiting for the 11th November this year...

jester77 · 09-02-2011 04:30PM

liah wrote: »

Didn't know that. I was here in Germany in November and I never heard anything about a Carnival type thing, suppose I'm too far north in the country for it. I've heard about it in other countries though.

It's officially started in November but the real partying takes place just before the start of Lent. Rosenmontag is when the real fun starts. Good fun, everyone is dressed up and it's a dangerous time to wear a tie to the office as it's a tradition for women to go around and cut them!!!

It's mainly celebrated in Köln and the surrounding regions, northern Germans don't really take part in it

Yearning4Stormy · 09-02-2011 04:30PM

"Don't get so distressed if the good life won't arrive
You've been reading S.O.S. when it's just your clock reading 5:05"

^^^ My least favourite time, yet seem to be seeing it more and more

Lawrence1895 · 09-02-2011 04:32PM

jester77 wrote: »

It's mainly only in Köln that they do that, Fasching is the name.

Well...if you go to Cologne, they will say, they have the best way to celebrate, if you go to Mainz, you'll hear the same, if you go to Duesseldorf, the same again. But the fun really starts, if you say 'Allaaf' in Duesseldorf and 'Helau' in Cologne

And 'Fastnacht' is more in term in the Southwest of Germany, they call it 'Karneval' in the Rhine Valley...but I'm not 100% sure, I'm from Dortmund, and that thing is not that popular there

liah · 09-02-2011 04:33PM

jester77 wrote: »

It's officially started in November but the real partying takes place just before the start of Lent. Rosenmontag is when the real fun starts. Good fun, everyone is dressed up and it's a dangerous time to wear a tie to the office as it's a tradition for women to go around and cut them!!!

It's mainly celebrated in Köln and the surrounding regions, northern Germans don't really take part in it

Germans are so weird about their holidays.

New Year's is so much more interesting over here.

09-02-2011 04:35PM

liah wrote: »

Germans are so weird about their holidays. New Year's is so much more interesting over here.

"name day" is an odd one, day where a saints day has your name

ill never agree to christmas on the 24th though !!

kerryman12 · 09-02-2011 04:35PM

kerryman12 wrote: »

I would imagine that is in the south, they celebrate in Basel Switzerland also, never been but sounds pretty cool.

Sorry that spring time Feb/Mar and not November

neil_hosey · 09-02-2011 04:38PM

17:59.. fúck of arthur!

liah · 09-02-2011 04:41PM

bluewolf wrote: »

"name day" is an odd one, day where a saints day has your name

ill never agree to christmas on the 24th though !!

Apparently the name day thing is pretty popular in Eastern Europe, too, I remember various Lithuanian and Polish friends talking about it.

I like Christmas Eve just as much as Christmas Day, if not more.. didn't know what to make of the 24th thing.

Sam Vimes · 09-02-2011 04:41PM

mkdon05 wrote: »

Anybody had any strange experiences with this phenomenon?

Just after seeing the movie 11:11 it happened to me a bit. I once looked at my phone at 11:11 and then a few minutes later looked at my watch that was running a bit slow and guess what time it was :eek:

But as people have said it was just me noticing it more and I too notice 13:37 more

bungler · 09-02-2011 04:48PM

liah wrote: »

That's not weird at all.. the year is 2011, if you add how old you are to your birthday what exactly do you think the result will be? In 2012, it'll be 12 instead of 11.

I know that i was just saying that in teh space of an hour there was 1/1/11,1.11 and 111. I also said i know its a coinsicence

wijam · 09-02-2011 04:53PM

would say a see 11:11 most days - reminders me of four Aces in Poker

doesn't really help when I'm trying to stay off gambling for a while

Common as... · 09-02-2011 05:03PM

I started seeing 11:11 everywhere a few years ago and first tought it strange and something was going on. But I then reckoned that its cos in your average day 8a.m to midnight you only come across 8:08, 9:09, 10:10 and 11:11 twice on a digital clock, 8:08 and 9:09 don't really stand out like the other 2, so you have 10:10 competing with 11:11 and no sooner had I tought this than I started to see 10:10 everywhere and that was the end of that.Also with cars, phones and internet etc you see a lot more digital clocks these days.

I also agree with liah Btw.

minidazzler · 09-02-2011 05:15PM

liah wrote: »

It applies to everything, once you're used to recognizing the number as significant to you by default you notice it more, it's just how our brains work. I challenge you to bring a notepad with you and write down what's on the clock every single time you look at it, numbers you see everywhere, etc-- 11:11 won't seem so significant anymore once you realize that the significance is purely projection on your part with a smidgin of coincidence thrown in for the craic.

I agree, 1337 is my number!

Makes me feel sad really that i notice it everywhere...or does it mean I am sooper awesome?

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