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27 fan Kyle sent us an impressive list of 27 sightings. I think a couple of them may have been noted, but most of them seem new to me. Thanks, Kyle! Here's his list in its entirety:

Lucky Numbers: the winning lotto number at the end of the movie, the point to which the whole movie builds, is 27!

Swordfish- on the roof of the cop car that blows up across full screen in the opening sequence

Elf- when talking in the stairwell of police station, a huge 27 is right behind them

Arrested Development, Season 1, episode Shock and Awe: Hallway scene with heather graham, a huge 27 is behind them

Arrested Development: after the workplace accident, Michael erases the sign in the office that specifies the number of days without an accident at work, which says "27."

The Itallian Job: The amount of the money to be stolen in the heist is 27 million dollars

Date Movie: In the "milkshake" scene, the number on the fire engine clearly displayed in the center is 27

Independence Day: in the area 51 hanger, before they take off to fight the aliens, a big 27 is displayed on the wall behind the conversation.

Hero: the fireman on the ledge, at the critical juncture in the movie, has the number 27 front and center on his hat.

Sum of All Fears: in the opening sequence the nuclear arsenal is said to contain 27,000 nukes

Heroes: season one, episode "Five years in the future": the number 27 is clearly displayed on Mohinder's tag at the very end of the episode

Back to the Future 2: When Marty arrives at his dystopian future home, his mom remarks, "Here we are! Back on the good ol' 27th floor!"

Cellular: it's in this movie two times: the cop says he's been on the force for 27 years, and when the kid takes the phone to cops

Big Lebowski: it's in this movie two times, as well: The Dude is said to have violated 27 of the bowling league's laws, and after the ransom letter scene, they are bowling in lane 27

Chuck: Episode with Rachel Bilson: He goes in to give her flowers at the deli, and she calls out "27!"

Smallville: in one episode, there's a guy with a "27" t-shirt

I Now Pronounce you Chuck and Larry: at the beginning of credits, "E-27"

Dude Where's My Car: The answer to the question "What is the average speed an African ostrich can run?" is said to be 27 mph

Déjà vu: In the finale, there is a shoot out which takes place around and up against a tow truck with the number 27 on its side.

Failure to Launch: In the scene where they finally get together, the one guys notes that he has installed 27 cameras in his room.

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27 sighting roundup

Hi all...it's been a while since we checked our email. Here's a roundup of sightings since the last time we posted:

The 27 Club movie
from reader Lady Spinning

A book, The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock 'n Roll, from reader Josh Hunter

Reader Gordon Griffin sent these, which I did know about, but neglected to post--

• The movie Children of Men takes place in the year 2027.
• The opening line of Slither is "A whipporwill files about 27 miles per hour."
• In the movie Hot Fuzz (2007), at 30:50 into the movie, a cop says "27." as he's measuring the speed of cars.
• He also mentioned the movie 27 Dresses, which I can't believe neither of us posted about!

Our friend Novac of The Smarmy Carny, mentions that he finally got around to watching the movie The Number 23. While Jim Carrey's character tries to convince his wife about the
number 23, she retorts with, "It could work with 27 or 150! You could
do the same thing!" Also in the movie, a hotel clerk first offers the main character room number 27 before he insists on room 23.

Whew! I apologize if any of these are repeats...

Eddie Murphy/SNL

Reader Airen sent in these sightings:

I have SNL's "Best of Eddie Murphy" on DVD. There are two sketches in which I heard the number 27.

The first was a Gumby sketch. In this one, Gumby is at a deli and orders a Morey Amsterdam sandwich. But the waiter tells him he still owes $17.27 for the last time he ordered a sandwich. Gumby asks one of his friends to pay the waiter. After his friend pays the money, Gumby again orders the sandwich, but the waiter has no idea what he's talking about. The waiter says that he's worked at the deli for 27 years and has never received an order for a Morey Amsterdam sandwich.

The second was part of a continuing series of "special report" sketches about Buckwheat from "The Little Rascals" being shot. The reporter says that the killer is 27 years old.

Thanks, Airen!

27 suspended for Clooney file peek

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Yikes!

From True Bride Confessions.

08.30.07 12:26p
My sister is getting married in 27 days and she still doesn't realize her fiance is gay.

$27

Holy Water Bill!

After two years living in Majestic Oaks, paying county water bills of less than $27 a month, Jeanann Tirico found a surprise last month.

"I got a water bill for $1,500," Tirico, 40, a single mother of four, said last week. "My heart pounded, there's no question about that. I was sure it was some kind of mistake."

Submitted by: Eden

D'oh!

I'll be seeing this movie today at 4:30. Mostly because my friend Karen really wants to see it and I haven't hung out with Karen for a while. And well, it was released on JULY 27th and the movie is 1 hr and 27 minutes long. :) D'oh!

A passport case. ;)

Travel in the know!

27th floor!

apartment
Originally uploaded by enappe27.

In the movie The Apartment (1960), Mr. Sheldrake works on the 27th floor.

"Run for Fun? What the hell kind of fun is that? "

And to make it even better, note the 27. ;)

Steve Martin

In Steve Martin's book Pure Drivel, a selection titled "Mars Probe Finds Kittens" (transcribed here) begins as follows:

The newly arrived probe to Mars has returned irrefutable evidence that the red planet is populated with approximately 27 million 3-month-old kittens.

Overheard 27

Over the weekend, after asking someone to fetch a laptop with a wireless connection and having several offered:

"And now we have 27 laptops." -Seanan McGuire

26 Health Violations!

"No wait! 27 :)"

From Madagascar.

Let's All Cry for Authors With Big Book Deals

"Hmm, maybe some of those "27 jobs" Sullivan's had since moving from Kenyon College in Ohio will actually, I don't know, give him real ideas to write about instead of what he learned in school?"

27 at the pump

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Originally uploaded by enappe27.

Photo sent in by reader Craigen Allen. Thanks!

Ick!!!

Sent from Eden.

Worm found in woman, after 27 years