I was perusing James Randi's newsletter tonight, and saw his mention (via his friend Scot Morris) that we have one of those calendar-clock oddities coming up early this Sunday morning. A few minutes after 2 in the morning, it will be 02:03:04 05/06/07.
Well, I thought this was cool, and decided to share it with my 16-year-old son when he came in from hanging out with his friends. When I informed him of the interesting tidbit, he nodded appreciatively for about 2 seconds, and then said, "It will be much better just after 8 o'clock."
This stopped me cold. "Why?"
"Well, then it will be 05/06/07 08:09:10.111213... and you can go on as long as you want."
Mind you, this kid hates math. And this occurred to him immediately. As Jimmy Durante used to say, I'm stupified.
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