Awkward Number

47

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68 Responses to “Awkward Number”

  1. missy says:

    awkward? 47 is the answer! not sure what the question is tho :/

  2. Korka says:

    Seriously awkward number. I can’t even say it out loud without getting my mom-pants in a knot.

  3. Masha says:

    well, if it ain’t 69…it’s awkward all right!

  4. Tommy D says:

    Well, at least it’s not 103. God I hate that number. And 59.

  5. Stella says:

    POMONA COLLEGE w00t

  6. hayley says:

    I thought it was the answer. Oh wait, that’s 42.

  7. Bill in Houston says:

    I dislike prime numbers.

  8. Tdiz says:

    Someone needs to rethink this. For my money, 53 is way more awkward.

  9. G L B says:

    47 is my all-time favorite number. It’s everywhere.

  10. Brendan says:

    POMONA COLLEGE. How awkward.

  11. James says:

    I really don’t see how 47 is awkward, or any other number for that matter.
    What am I missing?

  12. L Q says:

    37 is the randomest number.

  13. bugeye says:

    What is 47? In short, 47 appears to be the quintessential random number of the universe. In other words, when a number appears randomly, more often than not, that number is 47. In other other words, if you asked people to pick a number at random, more often than not, that number would be 47. Of course, if 47 shows up more than any other number then it isn’t truly random, but using the word random makes the whole phenomenon easier to describe.

  14. beavis says:

    Welcome to The Twilight Zone

  15. douglas adams says:

    Missy, The number that is the answer, but not the question is 42… And if you like this website you’ll love the book “Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy”…

    BUY MY BOOK!!!!

  16. KeNdRaMsEy says:

    47 is the ultimate answer but the ultimate question is what is the ultimate question

  17. Cecil says:

    CHIRP. CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP.

  18. Moonkid says:

    This used to be my favourite number as a child. Seriously. Thanks for the link, Denise!

  19. Colleen says:

    Too bad this wasn’t posted on 5/7/9. But then again, that would have made it just plain odd.

  20. too much says:

    I hate the number because of stupid JJ Abrams flashing it everywhere like the holy grail on Alias and it ended up to mean squat. But I’m not bitter.

  21. lplzydeco says:

    Ahh… thank you hayley & Douglas Adams!! No… I think 33 or 34 are the two most awkward numbers!!

  22. lplzydeco says:

    …or was it 88 & 84?

  23. What in the World? says:

    HuH?

  24. Judy47 says:

    Pomona College! chirp chirp chirp

  25. Anna says:

    ALIAS

  26. Tim says:

    I’ll bet you went through 46 other numbers before you got to this one…

  27. Bonnie says:

    Awkward? 47 is my “go to” number! I always have 47 loads of laundry to do, 47 emails to answer, and 47 stops to make on the way home.

  28. JK says:

    http://47images.com

    –I liked it so much I named my company after it :-)

    -Jonathan

  29. Louis Booze says:

    47

  30. N says:

    Weird, 74 has been my favorite number since I was a child, but I’ve always disliked 47.

    I like 11 which is 7 + 4 and I like 23 which is the conversion into Celsius of 74 degrees Fahrenheit.

    But 47? Ick.

  31. uh no says:

    47 is my favorite number.

    but since i love awkward, its okay.

    in the videogame hitman, his number is 47. and in my favorite tv show, alias, 47 is used in almost every episode.

    but…oh well. i accept its awkwardness and love it anyway.

  32. Ylva says:

    a pity there are only 43 comments… four more comments to go and we have awkward comments too :D

  33. danzer0 says:

    Would 47 be the new 42?

    Three more comments to go! :D

  34. NOT47 says:

    44+1

  35. Finn says:

    Guess what?

  36. Adene says:

    It’s also awkward the 47th commenter didn’t notice such.

  37. Elise says:

    I have always loved the number 47. I see it everywhere and I have a whole photo album of it in random places.

  38. kird.is.the.word says:

    hhahhahah ooh my goodness!! thats my lucky number!
    does that make me forever awkward?

  39. Araxie says:

    To many mathmeticians, 13 is an extremely awkward #.

  40. Fortyseven says:

    I find this offensive! ;)

  41. Kira says:

    Uhhh…what’s so awkward about the number 47? Is there some memo I didn’t get?

  42. Rcar9091 says:

    That’s an awkward family photo if I ever saw one.

  43. kallie says:

    anyone ever thought of 23 as a phenomenal number? i see that more often than 47 . . .

    and since when are numbers awkward? i must have missed something =/

  44. harriet says:

    so what if 47 shows up a lot. I dont care

  45. piggy says:

    I can’t believe I wasted 47 seconds of my life reading all these posts.

  46. Casey says:

    I don’t get it.

  47. Patty says:

    I was born at 2:47

    its like that movie the #23 (i think)
    were the guy was literally obsessed with the #23
    he committed suicide right?

  48. andrea says:

    GLB – i 100% agree with you! i point it out all the time… people think im crazy!!

  49. Fatty says:

    OMG, OMG, me too, and your post was at 2:47!

  50. andrea says:

    Fatty – holy s***!! youre right! it just proved our point that its no coincidence… im glad there are other 47-followers like me :-)

  51. ATM says:

    Awkward enough for you to post a comment!!!

  52. Blaine says:

    Ummm…a sense of humour?

  53. beavis says:

    wow. how do you people find this stuff?

  54. loret says:

    Douglas Adams died in May 2001.

  55. ahaha says:

    wow, that’s awkward!

  56. Carol says:

    True story.

  57. Missa says:

    now thats just depressing.

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