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.

Something Blue

"The nurse skillfully ajusted the scale with several quick sweeps of her fingertips until it finally settled at 126 1/2.

"127" she said out loud.

I glared at her. Why did she think I'd wanted Marcuse to turn around. "Looked like 126 1/2 to me," I said.

She ignored me, recording 127 on my chart.

Little Children-27

"At least Jean didn't mind. She'd been kneeling on the rug for the last half hour, helping Lucy introduce Nanook to the rest of the twenty-seven Beanies. (How had she managed to accumulate twenty-seven Beanies anyway?)"

27th year!

The 27th Annual JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge takes place at Delaware Park Thursday, June 7 - 6:45pm.

27 Lessons About Blogging

27 hour clock!

Insomnia? Or genetically predisposed?

Gene explains why people are night owls

By monitoring when and how often the mice chose to run on an exercise wheel the team spotted a change in some of the animals’ normal rhythms.

Instead of following the typical 24 hour pattern, some of the mice had body clocks that stretched to up to a 27 hour day.

Closer study of the DNA from the mice then revealed that those on a 27-hour-cycle had the after hours version of the Fbxl3 gene, one of a large family that controls the breakdown of specific proteins within body cells.

IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!! I love the number 27 because I am on a 27 hour NIGHT OWL GENETIC CODE! Yay for Science. Now perhaps, if I stopped “drinking coffee at midnight, when the moment is not right…”

Happy Hour!

Ah, the bartendress Jen at McGarret's last night used the random number 27 in telling a story.

Love at first beer.

27 years!

"I have been in the business for over 27 years and I don't care if I do anything else in TV ever again."

Bras and Broomsticks

On page 9:

Nah. My mother isn't gay. I've seen her bat her long eyelashes and twirl her hair whenever she runs into Dave, the twenty-seven-year-old hunkalicious fireman who lives on the second floor."

(Bras and Broomsticks, Sarah Mlynowski)

I love Buffalo Spree!

For many reasons of course, but because they understand the number 27 :)

Buffalo Spree: April
Check out the headline!

And this isn't the only time...they had the Top 27 Eligibles too!

27 Dresses

According to Variety, Heigl will star in the romantic comedy "27 Dresses" for Spyglass Entertainment.

Thank you to Kristen for the link!

'BREAKFAST' IS SERVED, AGAIN

(spotted by LT)From Billboard.com's "Chart Beat Chat" :

'BREAKFAST' IS SERVED, AGAIN

Dear Fred,

I may or may not be the first to point this out, but it's the first
time in 27 years that Supertramp songwriters Rick Davies and Roger
Hodgson have cruised into the top 10 [on the Hot 100]. Gym Class
Heroes' "Cupid's Chokehold" (which samples the title track from
Supertramp's No. 1 album "Breakfast in America") moves up to No. 7.
Thanks for the great news and observations today!

Jason Voigt

Dear Jason,

You are the first to write about the Gym Class Heroes' sampling of
Supertramp. For those who haven't recognized the "take a look at my
girlfriend" refrain in "Cupid's Chokehold," it does come from the song
"Breakfast in America," as Jason notes.

Of the 10 Supertramp singles to chart on the Hot 100, only two found
their way to the top 10. "The Logical Song" peaked at No. 6 and "Take
the Long Way Home" landed at No. 10, both in 1979. So it has been 27
years, as you say, since Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson have had a
songwriting credit in the top 10 of the Hot 100.

Guess what day HAPPY FEET on DVD comes out?

Oh yeah, MARCH 27th. ;)

The penguins are in the know.

And so is Stevie Nicks!

From Nicksfix.com:

"Stevie is scheduled to release "CRYSTAL VISIONS…THE VERY BEST OF
STEVIE NICKS" on March 27th on Reprise Records. "CRYSTAL VISIONS" is a
collection of songs from her three decade career as a solo artist and
member of the legendary Fleetwood Mac."

Thanks for the link LT!

Children of Men

In 2027, as humankind faces the likelihood of its own extinction, a disillusioned government agent agrees to help transport and protect a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists to save the future of mankind. Written by IMDb Editors

FYI, the book was set in 2021. Why the change? Well, the screenwriters must have been in the know, of course!

New links

I added some new 27-related links to our sidebar.

Check out League of 27. No, it's not an error. Try this.

We've also got the 27 project, and Chris More.

Keep spreading the 27 love! :)

Chic Geek Mood Lighting

Who says geeks are clueless about interior decor? Spice up your next LAN party soirée with this stylish LED lamp. Twenty-seven LEDs divided into 9 different squares slowly fade randomly between all the colors of the rainbow. The large 12 inch panel can stand upright or be mounted on a wall. A silver frame matches your minimalist geek decor. We recommend you serve Bawls martinis while your party guests frag away basked in the multi-color glow from your futuristic LED panel.

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We found 27 products for "Penguin Skate"

Penguin Skate A charming crew of penguin kids takes to the ice in this simple but very cute seasonal pattern. Each penguin has a specially colored hat, and each dinner plate, salad plate and mug features a different vignette. The penguin in the yellow hat needs to be a little more careful! And take a look at how the poor little guy in the red hat "falls through the ice" on the vegetable bowl.

We found 27 products for "Penguin Skate"

View Clearance Items for Penguin Skate

27 KO's!

Mesi flattens Linberger

"I'm starting to feel like the old Joe Mesi," he said. "Whether it's a first-round knockout or a 10-round unanimous decision, [what matters is] if I come out of the fight pleased, happy with what I did in the ring."

Mesi improved to 34-0 with 27 KOs.

Scrantonicity 27 Lover

From BWE blog.



Last week we posed the question that was on everybody's mind: Who rocks your world harder- the newly reunited Police or the world's most popular Police cover band, Scrantonicity? Well, the results are in and it's not even close. Scrantonicity DESTROYED Sting & company by a score of 357 - 4. It was a blood bath. And judging by most of the comments, it looks like The Police never stood a chance. Here are some of our favorites:

• Talent wise-Scrantonicity. Awesomeness wise-Scrantoicity. -david lynch
• I vote for Scrantonicity-hands down! They played my wedding and ROCKED IT! Who’s Sting? -Tunalicious27
• Scrantonicity all the way, dude. Had Kevin not told us, I wouldn’t have thought it was only their third wedding. Fourth or fifth, at LEAST. -Claire
• UMM… Scratonicity is the #1 up and coming band right now. the police are like a little kid at his own birthday party. no one wants to say anything bad because that would be rude, but everyone is just their because there isn’t much else to do… or they are friends with the parents in the police. or there is a girl at the party that they have been wanting to meet. OH YEAH!!!!! -J
• I’ve never even heard of The Police. But Scrantonicity is huge here in the Electric City. -BigDCfromSCRANTON

Sorry Sting-- maybe if you're lucky Kevin and the boys will let you guys open up for them. If you head over to NBC.com you can download a Scrantonicity flyer. Don't go printing them up and hanging them around the office, though. You wouldn't want to create a panic.

Number 27, 1950 by Jackson Pollock

Sports Illustrated 27!

Thanks Lil Brother! ;)

For Better, For Worse: Is 27 really the magic age for every player?

Fantasy football experts have had a metric-crush with third-year receivers for years. Many have used the informal baseball slang of Mendoza Line for running backs who reach the age of 30 and declare that the beginning of a player's physical decline. In fantasy baseball, the ripe old age when potential turns to production and boys become men is 27, the beginning of a player's prime time and the point when a breakout season is most likely to occur.

Lost 27

During last week's episode of Lost, Not in Portland, Ben says to Jack, "It won't hurt you to give me three minutes, will it? Knowing I only have 27 left."

The book includes interviews with 27 gardeners

Garden Buffalo book & DVD This beautiful large-format, high-quality, soft-cover volume offers 120 pages of words and pictures that capture the best of Garden Walk Buffalo, one of the largest and oldest garden tours in the nation.

InStyle 27

InStyle 27
Originally uploaded by enappe27.

Cover of the current issue of In Style magazine.

27 New Pants You'll Love!

Robert Altman 27

In the December 1, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly, there is an article about the death of Robert Altman. Accompanying the article is a photo of Altman with the cast of A Prairie Home Companion. Altman is wearing a zip-up sweatshirt with the number 27 on it.

Goo 27

From LT:

"In celebration of the February 27th release of the LET LOVE IN Special Edition CD/DVD, we're giving away swag to 27 lucky members of the Inner Machine. You don't need to do anything - anyone who is a current member of the Inner Machine by February 27th will automatically be entered in the drawing, and 27 members will be chosen at random!"

Veronica Mars 27

Veronica Mars 27
Originally uploaded by enappe27.

In episode 3 of Season 3, Wichita Linebacker, Veronica posed as a (I dunno, what kind of uniform is that? Lacrosse?) player to sneak into a coach's office. And she just happened to pick uniform #27. Go figure.

27-member panel to aid Cleveland Hill Search

Spotted by Jen, in the Buffalo News:

A 27-member Community Advisory Committee that will include three high school students will assist the Cleveland Hill School Board in a search for a successor to retiring Superintendent Bruce E. Inglis.

Read the article here.

27 shirt

27 shirt
Originally uploaded by enappe27.

I saw this kids' hoodie on a rack at Wal-Mart.

27 portraits

27 portraits
Originally uploaded by enappe27.

I was at Wal-Mart and spotted this big portrait ad sign on my way out. I *had* to stop and take a picture! Gotta love that camera phone. :)

Baby, it's cold outside!

Baby, it's cold outside!
Originally uploaded by All Things Jennifer.

Brrr! (another photo from Jen)

LOOK AT MY SCORE!

LOOK AT MY SCORE!
Originally uploaded by All Things Jennifer.

Jen scorec a 27! in her first attempt at Happy Feet for PS2.

27?

27?
Originally uploaded by All Things Jennifer.

Courtesy of Jen :)

Area Man's Quirky Hobby Kills 27

Courtesy of The Onion.



(Jen and Eden simultaneously sent this to me.)

Click on the photo for the full story.