On the PBS educational animated series "The Magic School Bus" last week the episode on rain forests had a rain forest inspector character. He was inspector #47.
[submitted by] Christian & Sarah Schumann-Curtis
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 11:08:16 -0800 (PST)
Subject: king of the airwaves
from assorted sources:
Stephen King was born in 1947
nw airlines phone number 800-447-4747
This Sunday, February 16, is the 47th day of the year.
[note: 2/16 is always the 47th day of the year, even in leap years.]
[submitted by:] eric levine
With of the Star Wars hype have we already identified the following?:
The Millenim Falcon was waiting at docking port 94 (2 x 47) at Mossysli Space Port on Tatooine.
Also, on Nova last night (2-11-97) it was reported that the largest Stone Age tomb in England, located near Stonehenge, contains the remains of 47 people.
the 47th annual berlin film fest is currently going on.
Last sunday brought us the 47th Annual NBA All-star game. At half-time, the NBA's 50 greatest players of all time were brought onto the court for a special ceremony. 3 were missing.
[submitted by] eric levine
Dave Barry and 47
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When Dave Barry uses random number, especially a large one, it often
includes a 47. For example...
In "Tax Attacks":
-"There are a number (23,968,847) of significant differences between this
years tax form and last years..."
-"taxpayers who make everything up should use numbers that sound sort of
accurate, such as $3,847.62..."
In "Valuable Scam Offer":
-"He said they had already spent somewhere between $400 and $700 on us..."
In "The Columnists Caper":
-"Some 2,347 miles away in East Berlin..."
In "Ear Wax in the Fog":
-"... the plane from flight 407..."
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Sex and 47
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When 776 readers of "Mens Health" magazine we asked "When a woman says no to
a sexual advance, do you think she always means it?", the results were:
Yes: 47.7%
No: 47.4%
Sex education in the schools is required or "recommended" in 47 states.
In "The Evolution of Desire," the evoluntionary pschyologist Professor David Buss conducted a study of the mating preferences of 10047 individuals from 37 cultures.
In "Bitter Moon," theres a 47 in the middle of the videophone screen when Oscar (played by Grinnell graduate Peter Coyote) dials up the prostitute.
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And lastly, in Shakespeares "Othello," the villian Iago mentions his age as "four times seven."
Submitted: E. F., Grinnell College
