3 . . . 4 . . . 5 . . .

It’s a numerical day!

Or one with a special (if trivial) numerical significance.

I just had to sign a dead tree form (something I rarely do these days), and needed to fill in the date. I realized that, numerically, today is 3/4/05 (at least here in the U.S.).

3 . . . 4 . . . 5 . . .

A moment’s reflection revealed that only one such day would occur each year, and only in the first twelve years of a century.

So: Cherish these meaningless numerical days while you can! They won’t last!

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

9 thoughts on “3 . . . 4 . . . 5 . . .”

  1. Actually Jimmy they occur from 03-14 unless you are also considering countdowns which would give us 14 years of glorious numerical fun.

  2. Forget the numbers, what I find most interesting is that today’s date is also a sentence..
    “March forth!”
    I will forever remember my seventh grade math teacher for pointing that out..

  3. And now we all will.
    Your seventh grade math teacher just achieved immortality.

  4. Well, if you allow numerical adjectives then all the days of March could become sentences. (E.g., in a list of eleven things you could tell someone to “March tenth!”)

  5. at 34 minutes after 12 on the 6th of may in 1978 we enjoyed 12345678… 12:34 5/6/78

  6. Actually, 3, 4, 5 are very important numbers in the building industry (if you didn’t already know I’m a builder)
    Very important for establishing a square building – I,m sure you remember Pythagorus.
    When setting out a building, 3 & 4 are the adjacent sides, and 5 is the hypotenuse – so establish those points, and you have a perfectly square corner, then parallel from there.
    I’m sure Jesus and Joseph knew this, them being carpenters, so another small step in being as Christ – the imitation of Our Lord.

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