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Re: Find your Birthday Buddy
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lugnet.people
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Tue, 26 Jun 2001 20:08:49 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> XFUT lugnet.people
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> Hi all!
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> Well, I'm sure the geeks of us all know that in a room with 30 people,
> there's a fairly large chance of having two people with the same birthday.
> (I can explain to the non-geeks if you really want... not now though.)
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> Since we are well over 1000 people (1), there have to be tons of overlaps on
> birthdays. So here's my question and challange:
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> Does *everyone* on lugnet have someone else born on their birthday? I
> predict that yes, everyone can find someone with a matching birthday.
> 'Course this is hard to prove, and I bet not everyone will participate in
> this thread, but it's worth a shot. I'll try to keep records of this.
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> So if you wanna see if I'm right or if you wanna prove me wrong - reply to
> this post with your birth date. Year not required, but that's up to you.
> Since there are both Europeans and Americans here, please type out the name
> of the month, so as to avoid confusion of day/month numbers.
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> ----
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> I'll start off with my own:
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> June 25th (1984)
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> Out of courtesy, please snip the rest of this message!...
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> Thanks, and hoping I'm right,
> -Shiri
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> (1) 1000+ members already.
Haven't seen Aug 31st, yet.... And, based on what I've seen so far, only a
couple of you are older than this old LEGO fan (1954).
Wayne
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| In lugnet.people, Wayne R. Hussey writes: [ship] (...) 2 July -- EXACTLY in the middle of the year -- 1952. (Sorry Wayne, gotcha by 2 years. As evah, John C. Member #sixtysomethin (25 years ago, 26-Jun-01, to lugnet.people)
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| | Find your Birthday Buddy
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| XFUT lugnet.people Hi all! Well, I'm sure the geeks of us all know that in a room with 30 people, there's a fairly large chance of having two people with the same birthday. (I can explain to the non-geeks if you really want... not now though.) Since (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.people) !!
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