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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

27 Tips for Building a Kick-Ass Blog

27 Tips for Building a Kick-Ass Blog

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

gaspump
Originally uploaded by enappe27.

Photo sent in by reader Craigen Allen. Thanks!

Ick!!!

Sent from Eden.

Worm found in woman, after 27 years

27 Years After Awarded, a Pulitzer Prize Acknowledged (NYT)

In 1979, photographer Jahangir Razmi stood nearby as executioners shot Kurdish prisoners in Iran. A picture he took for an Iranian newspaper was picked up by United Press International and published worldwide. To protect the photographer, his name was not printed. But the image proved so compelling that it was awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prize. Last Monday Razmi finally received his award.