Quote of the day:
Fascinating that an atheist would have such a strong connection to the number 19:
--19 is the number of years in each cycle of the Hebrew calendar.
--19 is the number of angels guarding Hell.
--The Bahá'í calendar is structured so that a year contains 19 months of 19 days each, as well as a 19-year cycle and a 361-year (19x19) supercycle.
--19 is considered significant in astrology because it is the sum of the number of the constellations of the zodiac (12) and the number of the classically-known "planets" (7, including the sun and moon).
--The first verse in the Quran, `In the name of God, most gracious, most merciful' consists of 19 letters and every word of this verse is repeated as a multiple of nineteen. The Quran consist of 114 chapter's (19x6). The first chapter revealed, sura 96 consists of 19 verses. The last Quranic revelation, sura 110 consists of exactly 19 words.
Hmmm...
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LOL, fp! I have had a nineteen hand three times in a row. Now I am looking at a winner!
Posted by: tamarika | February 10, 2007 at 12:30 PM
19 is the point value of a "bust" cribbage hand... no combination of static scoring creates a hand worth nineteen points, hence the disgusted gesture of throwing ones cards face up while proclaiming, "I got a nineteen hand."
Posted by: fp | February 09, 2007 at 07:48 PM