Re: Lots of 2s

In article <b5ktr3h83l93umvnqr0dudvhrppk82i48n@xxxxxxx>,
anarchSPAMKILLER@xxxxxxxxxxxx says...
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:16:31 GMT, Fevric J Glandules
<fevric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We have a digital clock / thermometer in the living room.

Just passed through there and it said
12:22
2 / 22
22.0

"The human brain has a propensity to search for patterns. . ."


When you think of all the coincidences that could happen, it's amazing
how few of them do.

--
eric
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"
.

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