Friday, August 8, 2008

8-8-08

I can't even imagine what it would be like to be here.

The Olympic flame burns over National Stadium at the end of ...
photo courtesy of Associated Press

8-8-08 also has a lot of historical superstition and luck for the Chinese.  Apparently the word for Eight -- ba -- is very similar to their word for wealth. Not only will there be thousands of weddings today, many are also planning on having their labor induced in order to have a 'lucky eight' baby.  Maybe we should just let the kiddos come when they please eh? 

This reminded me of last year when Matt and I were registering for our wedding. The lady assisting us said they had over 30,000 registries for weddings on 7-7-07.   Ridiculous.

2 comments:

the swapps said...

Tom and I have decided to renew our wedding vows today. In hope for some of that "ba" luck rubbing off on us. Whatdoya say, Ace?

Matt & Megan Berry said...

hey Matt and I became official on 7-7-07, and then immediately got in a car wreck. I'm not sure what that means, maybe you have to be Chinese for it work