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| The totem number of the [[AA]]. It appears ubiquitously not only in AA literature and art, but in dates and other contexts generally recognized to be beyond the control of the [[human hand]]. | The totem number of the [[AA]]. It appears ubiquitously not only in AA literature and art, but in dates and other contexts generally recognized to be beyond the control of the [[human hand]]. | ||
| - | [[Accidentalist]]s generally regard the 27 phenomenon as a joke, while [[Associationalist]]s see a more profound, if not mystical, operation at play. | + | [[Accidentalists]] generally regard the 27 phenomenon as a joke, while [[Associationalists]] see a more profound, if not mystical, operation at play. |
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| + | One wily commentator has speculated that 27 represents play as a healthy inversion of work: "If you take the 2 and the 7 you find that 7+2=9 and 7-2=5. The connection: 9-2-5. The 9 to 5! The job, the workplace, the toil for another, 27 is code for this [[Pooban]] enslavement mechanism!" Needles to say, this commentator has since been proven insane and rather dull-witted, at that. | ||
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 14:56, 10 Apr 2005
27 nb. 1. Twenty-seven ones stacked up, placed between twenty-five ones and twenty-six ones. 2. The twelfth prime number.
Further Extrapolation
The totem number of the AA. It appears ubiquitously not only in AA literature and art, but in dates and other contexts generally recognized to be beyond the control of the human hand.
Accidentalists generally regard the 27 phenomenon as a joke, while Associationalists see a more profound, if not mystical, operation at play.
One wily commentator has speculated that 27 represents play as a healthy inversion of work: "If you take the 2 and the 7 you find that 7+2=9 and 7-2=5. The connection: 9-2-5. The 9 to 5! The job, the workplace, the toil for another, 27 is code for this Pooban enslavement mechanism!" Needles to say, this commentator has since been proven insane and rather dull-witted, at that.
