What's with all the 378s?

[novelist_wannabe]

So I'm watching Casino Royale and I noticed the number 378 shows up all over the place. Three different license plates, including the Aston Martin, and their room at the hotel is No. 378.

So what gives? What significance does that number hold?

 

[forever_town]

Play it in your local Pick 3.

 

[KP]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Yes, in the Battle of Adrianople in the year 378, a large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey.

Richie Valens was a very distant relative and Ian Fleming loved the song La Bamba.

So there.

 

[Angola!]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

Weird.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

Weird.

What are the odds? Oh yeah, one in 999.

 

[dooley_womack1]

378 is the mark of the not-quite beast

 

[mike311gd]

I have two of those numbers in my phone number. And if you subtract the sixth number from the seventh, the third one is in place.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

I have two of those numbers in my phone number. And if you subtract the sixth number from the seventh, the third one is in place.

Creepy.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm thinking about getting it changed because it's giving me the willies.

 

[DemoChristian]

I see where this is headed.

 

[mike311gd]

I'd rather hang out with Charles Manson.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Also, the best license plate homage ever was on the Corvette in American Graffiti: THX1138 (the name of a Lucas student film he later remade as his first full-length feature).

 

[deskslave]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

Weird.

What are the odds? Oh yeah, one in 999.

Well, not quite. Have to throw out 000-199, then 200, 300, etc. Probably aren't any phone numbers that start with 666, either.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

Weird.

What are the odds? Oh yeah, one in 999.

Well, not quite. Have to throw out 000-199, then 200, 300, etc. Probably aren't any phone numbers that start with 666, either.

Probably no one has 867-5309 either. Or 976-EVIL.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Jenny has 867-5309

 

[DanOregon]

Yeah, I noticed that too.

 

[joe_schmoe]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

Weird.

What are the odds? Oh yeah, one in 999.

Well, not quite. Have to throw out 000-199, then 200, 300, etc. Probably aren't any phone numbers that start with 666, either.

Well and then there's the whole area code thing to consider too.

 

[ArnoldBabar]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

Weird.

What are the odds? Oh yeah, one in 999.

Well, not quite. Have to throw out 000-199, then 200, 300, etc. Probably aren't any phone numbers that start with 666, either.

Well and then there's the whole area code thing to consider too.

So basically it's like one in five. We're not impressed, KP.

 

[Football_Bat]

First three numbers of the telephone number at my parents house.

Weird.

What are the odds? Oh yeah, one in 999.

Well, not quite. Have to throw out 000-199, then 200, 300, etc. Probably aren't any phone numbers that start with 666, either.

Probably no one has 867-5309 either. Or 976-EVIL.

Plumbing company in Dallas is 866-867-5309.

Give you three guesses what song they use as their radio jingle.