SIRENS 004

 

 

“33” is the magic number. The master number. 

33 is a palindrome. 

It's the melting point of ice. 

It's printed on the back of every green bottle of rolling rock. 

33 is the number of vertebrae in the human spinal column, 

the number of joints in the human foot, 

the number of degrees before a Freemason reaches illumination.

The first two digits to call France. 

The name of the Secret Club in Disneyland. 

Disneyland is located on the 33rd parallel, and so was Babylon. 

The 33rd parallel runs through Dallas (JFK) Roswell, New Mexico (aliens), White Sands National Park (Trinity) — the site of the detonation of the first nuclear bomb. The 33rd US president approved the detonation of the second and third nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, both of which also happened to be located along the 33rd parallel.

33 means inescapable misfortune in Japan. 

It means the second level of heaven in Buddhism. A

nd fondest regards on a ham radio. 

Larry Bird. 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 

Scottie Pippen.

It marks the longest baseball game in history. 33 innings. 1981 Rochester Red wings versus the Pawtucket Red Sox. You just had to be there. 

It's three strikes and you're out. 

Three acts in a play.

Three sides to every story: mine, yours and the truth. 

Mind. 

Body. 

Spirit. 

The father, the Dodder, the ever elusive Holy Ghost. 

Vedic deities. 

Islamic prayer beads. 

The Star of David. 

It's the atomic number for Arsenic. The king of poison. Odorless, tasteless and found in apples. 

Adam fell from grace at 33. Jesus died at 33. Krishna too. But their songs live on forever.

“33” is the title of a song on Tom Van Vorst’s album, “SEASON OF THE SEAWITCH.” 

33 is vinyl records. 

33 is Revolution, 33 per minute or 45. Both make nine. Supremely divine. 

Nine times Three makes 27. The code to unlock the pearly gates of rock and roll heaven. 

Two plus seven makes nine again. 

Nine, nine, nein! (It means no in german). 

Because this story is not about nine. Nine is just three threes stacked on top of each other like children in a trenchcoat. This is a story about 33. 

It takes 33 milliseconds for the average human to form an accurate first impression. 

It takes 33 years for the moon to return to the same position in the sky. 

It takes 33 terminations for DODPOP duty to end. Then my signal stops affecting you. It all goes away. Just like that. 

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