Why is 88 considered a lucky number...

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numark

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Originally posted by: profet
88 = Heil Hitler
bad number, never heard it was a good number

It's lucky to Oriental cultures, it's just those @ss Neo-Nazis that have to go and "reinvent" different terms, etc. to go along with their backwards beliefs.
 

JetBlack69

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Originally posted by: Elitebull
Originally posted by: BennyD
cause if you get to 88 mph the flux capacitor kicks in and you go back in time :p
That's 85 MPH Marty!

...1.21 Jiggawatts!!!!

ummm..... BennyD is correct, it is 88 MPH.
 

SOSTrooper

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haha my dad picked the number 88 within his car plate. It's good luck/hope for fortune kinda thing in Chinese.

Oh not to mention the numbers in my car's plate (see sig) ;)