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itdan2
11th Nov 2011, 01:04 PM
Happy 11/11/11!

I'm such a nerd... I'm already looking forward to October, 11th of next year. And then December 12th...

Heh :heyhey:
LadyKombucha
11th Nov 2011, 01:49 PM
It's actually remembrance day here in the UK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day
smorbie1
11th Nov 2011, 01:55 PM
It's Memorial Day in the USA. It used to be Armistice Day to commemorate the end of the WW1.
Lance
11th Nov 2011, 01:56 PM
Such dates are popular for marriages here.
VerDeTerre
11th Nov 2011, 02:04 PM
Happy 11/11/11!

I'm such a nerd... I'm already looking forward to October, 11th of next year. And then December 12th...

Heh :heyhey: Is this what you're calling "picket fence day"? It's such a cute term, but I don't understand the reference. Is it because of the visual of 1's and dashes, like this: 11-11-11 ?
5M0K3
11th Nov 2011, 03:17 PM
Such dates are popular for marriages here. It'd be a hell of a lot easier to remember your anniversary!
paksetti
11th Nov 2011, 05:48 PM
I set an alarm for 11:11:11 on 11:11:11...

I don't know why I did it.
alayaya
11th Nov 2011, 06:39 PM
Its Remembrance Day here in Canada too. Means I get a long weekend. Its a pretty somber day though..... very quiet.
RedSneakers
11th Nov 2011, 07:42 PM
It's Mortens Day in Denmark (and other countries around here as well, it just goes by different names). We do celebrate at the evening before. Mostly. And the guy it's named after was actually called Martin. He got betrayed by geese, and decided we should slaughter a goose a year. We eat duck in Denmark though.

So mainly we celebrate a guy called Martin, who got betrayed by geese by calling him a different name and eat duck instead and celebrate it another day.
Robodl95
11th Nov 2011, 08:58 PM
Guys it is a war related holiday in a lot of countries but the OP was talking about the fact that it's 11/11/11, you're supposed to make wish at 11:11.
VerDeTerre
11th Nov 2011, 09:17 PM
Guys it is a war related holiday in a lot of countries but the OP was talking about the fact that it's 11/11/11, you're supposed to make wish at 11:11. I hadn't heard about the wish making. Is that true of all dates like that, ie: 12/12/12 ? And isn't it 11:11 somewhere...? (oops, I missed it!)
paksetti
11th Nov 2011, 10:37 PM
Hey, you've always got 11:11 pm, though that would be the 2nd 11:11 and not the 1st, so it throws your numbers off a bit.

It was really common in middle school for girls to make wishes at 11:11, but we also made those little paper fortune tellers and played MASH, so take that as you will.
Still, it's kinda cute when the numbers all line up like that- it's special even if it doesn't even mean anything.
Robodl95
11th Nov 2011, 10:43 PM
I hadn't heard about the wish making. Is that true of all dates like that, ie: 12/12/12 ? And isn't it 11:11 somewhere...? (oops, I missed it!)
Not sure, it's one of those things that high schoolers do. It was fun to count down during English class (even though we all had different times!)
VerDeTerre
11th Nov 2011, 11:13 PM
Hey, you've always got 11:11 pm, though that would be the 2nd 11:11 and not the 1st, so it throws your numbers off a bit.

It was really common in middle school for girls to make wishes at 11:11, but we also made those little paper fortune tellers and played MASH, so take that as you will.
Still, it's kinda cute when the numbers all line up like that- it's special even if it doesn't even mean anything.

I love these kinds of things, like on the first of each month, I try to remember to say "Rabbit rabbit" when I wake up. Most months I forget and say something before I catch myself. To try to remember, I'll put stuffed animals all around the alarm clocks, but it still doesn't help :(

I'll have to try to remember 11:11 tonight and not fall asleep in front of the tv.... :anime:
itdan2
13th Nov 2011, 04:35 AM
:heyhey: Is this what you're calling "picket fence day"? It's such a cute term, but I don't understand the reference. Is it because of the visual of 1's and dashes, like this: 11-11-11 ?

Actually yes. The visual. But 11:11 was always called picket fences where I grew up... Since 11-11-11 only happens every hundred years, doesn't it deserve a name?
CinderEmma
13th Nov 2011, 05:04 AM
Its Remembrance Day here in Canada too. Means I get a long weekend. Its a pretty somber day though..... very quiet.Yeah, I went to the casino XD I should feel guilty, but I'm not. I had fun, and I didn't lose (or gain) any money.
And I didn't realize it was 11/11/11 or remembrance day until the day of :P