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I clicked on a solo that looked interesting ("Okay Okay" by Andrea von Tease), and noticed some interesting stats:
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Total views: 1,111
Of course, this happens often in fiction with a humorous bent. The movie "Murder by Death" had a Mr. Lionel Twain, living in a mansion with the address, "22 Twain". A radio episode of Abbott and Costello, guest-starring Peter Lorre, featured a sinister (hospital?) where they visited, at midnight ("when the moon is down"), at the address, "1313 Grave's End Road".
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Well:
One of the more notable buildings in New York City is 666 Fifth Avenue.
Address Change
I suppose that nobody has attempted to change its address. For some people at least, once they've been well and fully exposed to a superstition, it influences their thinking even when they know perfectly well it's superstition. Consequently, influences their behavior -- and can sometimes throw them off.
-- Daphne Xu (a page of contents)
Yes, it was owned by the
Yes, it was owned by the Devil's son-in-law. (IIRC he sold it last year.)
Kris
{I leave a trail of Kudos as I browse the site. Be careful where you step!}
Former HQ of DC comics
Before they moved. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Along Those Lines...
There's no 13th Avenue in San Francisco. (It's called Funston, named for then-Col. Frederick Funston, the military commander at the Presidio of San Francisco who led some rescue and relief efforts and attempted to restore order to the city after the 1906 earthquake and fire.)
And of course, many tall buildings don't have a 13th floor. (In the mid-1960s, two rock groups, the 13th Floor Elevators in Texas and the 13th Floor in Southern California, took the name, though the latter one had to abandon it when they got a record contract and eventually became most of the members of the Grass Roots.)
60s television's The Munsters lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane.
Eric
The irony, of course, is that
The irony, of course, is that immediately after you posted this, a curious reader clicked on the story in question and ruined the perfect numerical zen by ticking the 1 to 2. The happenstance of 1111 11 was only ever for you.
Life's too short to waste another minute!
That is definitely
That is definitely unfortunate. Someone not very bright might think that I goof or lied.
Once a long time ago, I parodied that thinking in an exchange where a good-lawyer/idiot cross-examines a witness:
Lawyer: You told us that your birthday is in six days?
Witness: Yes.
Lawyer: Is it true that a few days ago, you said that your birthday was in nine days?
Witness: Yes, it--
Lawyer: Thank you.
-- Daphne Xu (a page of contents)