Okay, that was an Epicurus the Sage quote, which is lost on non-Classics-majoring-comic-afficionados/geeks, but there you go. It comes from a scene where Pythagoreans are doing their holy rituals and those watching in secret start chanting random numbers at them. The Pythagoreans get totally discombobulated and start shouting, 'Unclean numbers!' I think the culprits were Epicurus and Plato, if I recall. I'm sure YKWIA will correct me if I'm wrong. I have my copy of this great book, but it's in a comic box in the closet and it's too late to go looking for tonight. Anyway, highly recommend it.
But, back to unclean numbers...
Every wonder what was so special about a number? This site tells you why:
What's Special About This Number?
For example, picking my current age, '40 is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order.' There you go. Found that on del.icio.us.
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