This kid better have a great life, or he’s got a lot to answer for: a boy named Jack Falkner was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., on Saturday, 7/7/07, and he weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces. That, at least, is what the hospital says. But think about it: if you were the person looking at Baby Jack’s scale, mightn’t you have rounded up or down to hit the magical 7 lbs.-7 oz. mark?
Even if that were the case, there were probably plenty of other lucky babies. Seven pounds, 7 ounces is a pretty typical birthweight, and there are more than 11,000 babies born in the U.S. every day (although fewer on weekends). What I want to hear about is the 7 lbs.-7 oz. kid who was born at 7:07 a.m. on 7/7/07. Any leads? She will probably grow up to be a poker champ.
(Hat tip: Derek Giromini.)
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But wait, we don’t know the true date of jesus’s birth. Therefore, who really was born on 7/7/07? We don’t know. Wouldn’t it make more sense to start the count from the known start of the universe.
That date is Sunday 23 October, 6011 years ago.
— egretmanegretman reads conservapedia- I heard the kid’s middle name was damien… (cue the scary music)
— frankendufTwo knocks against the kid :
— cactusdave1. “Cancer” isn’t exactly a good sign.
2. Born in Wisconsin
(http://randumbs.blogspot.com)
The kid you’re looking for needs to be name Sven, too right?
— goinglikesixtyMy 070707 post was a hand with seven fingers!
Either frankenduf or myself reads idontgetsarcasmapedia.com
— snubgodtohSo who is it, me or he?
It looks to me like about two percent of babies have birth weights between 7 lbs 6.5 oz and 7 lbs 7.5 oz, which would round to 7-7; 7.5 babies are born every minute in the U.S., so about 15 babies were born in the U.S. at either 7:07 am or 7:07 pm (local time); you’d thus expect 0.3 of these super-lucky babies in the U.S. So your kid may or may not exist in this country. In the world, though, he or she probably does exist. I go into this a little more here.
— godplaysdiceI was born exactly 13 minutes until midnight on 6-6-6x. Now I can’t find a ballcap that will cover the horns on my head.
— Ike PigottTake the Lucky Seven Quiz:
— goinglikesixtyhttp://goinglikesixty.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/070707-070707/
I wanna know about the kid who was born at 7:77am on 07/07/07…oh wait…
Seriously, what ever made the number seven lucky?
— royceremerI was born at 7:07am and weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. I was born to parents who lived in a town with the 07070 zip code. My social security number had mostly 0s, 7s. But I was born on 5/25/82.
— adardiaWould he be unlucky if he was born in a different metric system?
— miguelpiresCNN Headline News today had a kid born with lots o sevens, date, weight, time I think was 7:17, 7th floor, 7th anniversary for parents.
— goinglikesixtyThe Luckey family had a baby on July 7, which weighed seven pounds, nine ounces.
— godplaysdiceMy baby was born on 07/07/07 at 7:07am He weighed 7 lbs….but 15 ounces ha ha
— Luckymama