Girls are not Chicks Coloring Book

Girls are not Chicks Coloring Book.

DING DING DING! Are you kidding?

27 pages of feminist, educational fun! A subversive and playful for for children, and adults, to examine how pervasive gender stereotypes are in every aspect of life. This book helps to deconstruct the homogeneity of gender expression in children's media by showing diverse pictures that reinforce positive gender roles for girls. Girls ate not chicks. Girls are thinkers, creators, fighters, healers and superheroes.

27 pages. Another awesome person in the know.
And I guess this one is sort of *feminist* cute.

"27 Obvious Signs She Wants You."

Why only 27? Not 20? Not 25?

"27 Obvious Signs She Wants You."


BECAUSE MEN'S HEALTH IS IN THE KNOW and realizes the power of 27, that's why! :)

27 Boxes? Really? :)

Thomas Herrera-Mishler A new week to begin, with laundry (almost) done, the grass isn't mowed, the house is a wreck, but the garage is almost empty and a car is back inside. Goodwill hauled away 27 boxes of leftovers...

step 27 is a blood transfusion

step 27 is a blood transfusion

 

Handicapped space 27/Dining 27

Novac writes:

This sign appeared outside my apartment building this week. These signs go up whenever we have someone move in who needs it, but they are never numbered. It's a mystery why this one was numbered, but no surprise that it had this particular number on it.



When on an anniversary trip last year, we dined at a popular chain restaurant. Since there was a long wait, they gave us this to inform us when our turn was up.

Our readers write

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.

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!

27th floor!

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

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

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)

'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.

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! :)

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."

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!"

Area Man's Quirky Hobby Kills 27

Courtesy of The Onion.



(Jen and Eden simultaneously sent this to me.)

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