You didn't go with the fact that the Patriots won their first Super Bowl right after 9/11? I think that's where the real conspiracy lies.

InMySoul77 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:46 pm The game was played in Houston, Texas, and it took place on Feb. 5, or 2/5, which is like two 5’s or 5×5=25. A 25 cent quarter features George Washington’s head.

I think “two 5’s” would more logically be expressed as 5+5. And a 10 cent dime features Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s head. That doesn’t mess up the whole thing, does it?

The Yeoman Ghost wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 2:17 pm

InMySoul77 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:46 pm The game was played in Houston, Texas, and it took place on Feb. 5, or 2/5, which is like two 5’s or 5×5=25. A 25 cent quarter features George Washington’s head.

I think “two 5’s” would more logically be expressed as 5+5. And a 10 cent dime features Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s head. That doesn’t mess up the whole thing, does it?

No, it doesn't mess it up. But the game is about Washington DC and Rome, so it's a potential link.

InMySoul77 wrote: Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:18 pm
the game

Yes, if this is all just a little game you play to amuse/distract yourself, that's fine. I know I HAVE developed little OCD games and routines, to help me cope with anxiety and the uncertainty of life. The difference here is that I realize that's what I'm doing. I let them be little games. I don't turn them into truth. looking for number and letter combinations in license plates that make words TO ME, doesn't mean that I'm being communicated to through license plates. It's a quirk that I can enjoy and laugh about.

Let your numerology game be a game.It doesn't have to control you

i love that game..

mine's if there's a milk bubble in my cheerios, it's his birthday.. so i have to gather as many cheerios on my spoon so he has a good birthday.. it helped me eat my cereal in two bites .. sometimes none of the cheerios had a birthday until i splashed the bowl enough times with my spoon.. milk got everywhere

This thread is what Foucault's Pendulum warned us against.

Krev wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 4:10 pm This thread is what Foucault's Pendulum warned us against.

Great book. Highly recommended to the OP.

Too tenuous. That’s the problem with much of this stuff. Drawing causal links where some things, at best, only coincide by happenstance, in name or number only. And even that can be a stretch.

Nonetheless, I have enjoyed the occasional work that draws connections between disparate things. And in experimental poetry or literary fiction there can be fun associative games writers play with etymology/word histories and refracted meanings. It can be done well.

ttt