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Re: She was just seventeen, do you know what I mean? #60224 03/10/02 09:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel
WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N...	from the 17 site Also found this particularly intriguing: In Au bonheur des mots, by Claude Gagni�re, ed. Robert Laffont, p 206: The Italians fear the 17's, because 17 is written XVII in Roman numerals, which is the anagram of VIXI, which means "I lived", i.e. "I am dead". In Italy, buildings do not have a 17th floor, hotels do not have a room 17, and Alitalia planes do not have a seat 17 [neither do Air Inter planes and British Airways Concordes]. When Renault marketed its R17 and wanted to export it to Italy, it had to be renamed "Renault 177". Napoleon Bonaparte, who was more Italian than French in his education, refused to give the signal for his coup on "vendredi 17 brumaire" and postponed it until the following day. Is that so, emanuela? Are you out there? So, Connie, maybe you'll wanna change that to forever 16...or 18!

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There's that number again!	Capital Kiwi	03/09/02 09:13 AM
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Re: There's that number again!	Wordwind	03/09/02 10:40 AM
Re: There's that number again!	belligerentyouth	03/09/02 12:32 PM
Re: There's that number again!	Wordwind	03/09/02 12:55 PM
Re: There's that number again!	Jazzoctopus	03/09/02 06:53 PM
Back to the movies	Fiberbabe	03/09/02 08:54 PM
Re: There's that number again!	WhitmanO'Neill	03/10/02 02:12 AM
Re: There's that number again!	consuelo	03/10/02 03:27 AM
Re: There's that number again!	WhitmanO'Neill	03/10/02 04:01 AM
Re: There's that number again!	consuelo	03/10/02 11:23 AM
Re: There's that number again!	WhitmanO'Neill	03/10/02 01:28 PM
Re: There's that number again!	Faldage	03/10/02 01:58 PM
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Re: 666	Keiva	03/10/02 02:51 PM
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Re: There's that number again!	belMarduk	03/11/02 12:59 AM
Re: There's that number again!	Keiva	03/09/02 12:58 PM
Re: There's that number again!	milum	03/09/02 01:09 PM
Re: There's that number again!	plutarch	03/10/02 07:46 PM
Re: There's that number again!	Fiberbabe	03/09/02 02:37 PM
Re: There's that number again!	Angel	03/09/02 04:13 PM
.	Max Quordlepleen	03/09/02 06:21 PM
Re: There's that number again!	tsuwm	03/09/02 04:30 PM
Re: There's that number again!	Keiva	03/09/02 10:17 PM
Re: There's that number again!	Jazzoctopus	03/10/02 07:03 PM
She was just seventeen, do you know what I mean?	consuelo	03/10/02 07:29 PM
Re: She was just seventeen, do you know what I mean?	WhitmanO'Neill	03/10/02 09:26 PM
Re: She was just seventeen, do you know what I mean?	consuelo	03/10/02 09:54 PM
number games	modestgoddess	03/10/02 11:50 PM
Re: There's that number again!	belMarduk	03/11/02 01:37 AM
Re: There's that number again!	Keiva	03/11/02 01:52 AM
Re: There's that number again!	boronia	03/11/02 01:40 PM
Re: A meaningful 17?	WhitmanO'Neill	03/11/02 03:39 PM

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