Remember last year in the middle of the summer when we all thought 7/7/7 would be our lucky day? Many Americans believed this and brought upon a wedding frenzy on that day. I wonder how many of those record number of weddings have already ended in divorce.
Regardless, this year brings us 8/8/8 which will be probably be most remembered for the start of the Olympics in Beijing. Did you know that the official start time will be 8:08:08 pm Beijing time? That is no coincidence, as the Chinese believe that 8 is a very lucky number. I say that the good people of China will have to share the good fortunes that 8/8/8 is sure to bring and I propose the following 88 ways that are sure to help bring us all this good luck.
1. Play the board game that was your favorite when you were 8 years old.
2. Catch up (via a phone call or email) with 8 friends or relatives.
3. Dial 1-888-and the first 7 letters of your name and see who answers.
4. Put your radio on 88.8 FM n the morning and listen (probably to static, but you might get lucky) and listen for 8 seconds.
5. Try to remember what you might have been doing on 8/8/88.
6. Keep 88 cents in your pocket all day.
7. Leave work 8 minutes early.
8. Remember an eighth grade spin the bottle party you attended.
9. Discuss with a friend what you would have named a hypothetical 8th dwarf (my vote is hank).
10. Complete #9 after drinking 8 “adult beverages.”
11. Change your screensaver to turn on after 8 minutes.
12. At work, intentionally waste 888 seconds (14.8 minutes) and encourage others to do the same.
13. Watch a movie that contains the word eight (I would suggest Eight Below or Eight Men Out).
14. Count to 8 like the Count from sesame street in front of a co-worker.
15. Brag to someone that you know that Martin Van Buren was the 8th president
16. Draw an octagon.
17. After using the copy machine, set it so the next person will make 88 (or if you like trees) 8 copies.
18. Honk your horn if you drive by a Super 8 Motel.
19. Download the theme song for 8 is Enough
20. Bet someone $8 dollars that there are 8 planets in our solar system and then go to wikipedia to prove it.
21. Eat an octopus
22. Text a screen full of 88888888′s to a complete stranger.
23. Extra points if you use a Nokia 888 phone
24. Repeat this 8 times.
25. Try to avoid having to use your 8th amendment right of excessive bail and cruel and unusual behavior.
26. Decide what you think should be the Eight Deadly Sin.
27. Be naked at 8:08 (you get two chances at this)
28. Have at least 8 glasses of water.
29. Steal the number 8 and the letter H (the eighth letter) from a co-workers’ keyboard
30. Be especially nice to Scorpios, the eighth sign of the Zodiac
31. Drink a glass a milk to honor the 8 maids of milking.
32. Watch the movie Dodgeball, so you can experience ESPN Oucho
33. Look up what teams made it to last years Elite 8
34. Sing Adam Sandler’s Hannukkah song that contains the lyrics–8 crazy nights
35. Tell someone that 8 is the only number that appears “hugable.”
36. Honor the 8th Commandment and do not steal (except for #28)
37. Bet on all horse #8′s at the track.
38. By now,you should know how much to bet
39. Enjoy 8 scoops of your favorite ice cream
40. Inform someone that bullshit has 8 letters
41. And so does dumb post
42. Try to come up with the 8th dirty word you can’t say on television
43. Visit eight.com
44 And eighty-eight.com
45. And eighthundredeightyeight.com
46. And 888.com
47. Participate in Flickr 888
48. Workout with 8 minute abs
49. Catch a spider and let it go
50. Inform someone that there are 88 constellations
51. Come up with the 8th habit of highly effective people
52. Say thank you 8 times
53. Jump over every 8th crack on a sidewalk
54. Chew 8 pieces of gum at once
55. Throw 8 rocks in a pond
56. Come up with 8 ways to skin a cat
57. But don’t actually do this even though they have 8+ lives
58. Take a 8 minute walk
59. Don’t work more than 8 hours
60. Experience an eight minute kiss
61. Hold your breath for 8 seconds
62. Come up with 8 reasons why this post is a waste of time
63. Turn up your thermostat to 88 when you leave the house to save money
64. Confirm that this number’s square root is 8
65. Hold hands with someone for 8 minutes straight
66. Take a supplement with all 8 vitamin B’s
67. Use 8 ice cubes in a drink
68. Visit Eighty-Eight, Kentucky, the actual name of a small town.
69. Go to a octophobia support group and mock its members
70. Put 8 staples in an actual work document
71. Debate whether or not there will be a Rocky 8
72. Keep 8 cents in your shoe all day
73. Bet someone $8 that they can’t fold any piece of paper in half 8 times
74. Say Ouch eight times since it is a fun word to say.
75. Eat an After Eight chocolate mint
76. Listen to a song you liked when you were in the eighth grade
77. Do this on an 8-track if possible
78. If you happen to be on Interstate 8 or 88, or any Eighth/Eighty-Eighth Street/Avenue, you must honk your horn.
79. Write down 8 words that rhyme with eight
80. Insist that you only have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs to anyone that will listen
81. Turn on channel 88
82. Eat 8 of your favorite cookies (Oreo Double Stuff for me)
83. Do not use the number 7. Refer to it as the number before 8 all day.
84. Drink a V-8
85. Play a game of pool (I shouldn’t have to tell you what variety.)
86. Listen to 8 days a week by the Beetles
87.Set a goal for yourself with a deadline of September 9th of next year.
88. Make sure that this post gets read 888 times (I would even be happy with 88 
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thats alot of way to celebrate… i think i like the ‘leave work 8 minutes early’ the best
-Jessica
“88. Make sure that this post gets read 888 times (I would even be happy with 88
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I was waiting for something like “send this to 8 people” :p
my friend got a new cell phone with the numbers 888 as the first three digits after the area code.. he did it on 8/8/8 too lol
@#13 – perhaps the classic Nick Cage film – 8mm?
- consult the ‘Magic 8 ball’ all day to answer your questions
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Wow this is something really cool and i read it for 8 times not 88.I think so if we start celebrating all these ways then our day will surely end soon
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yes it most remembered for start of Olympics in Beijing,
nicely proposed Your 88 ways……
That must have been so great on that day.All 8. I wish i was there, then I would have said to my gf 8 kisses..lol!!
Eat 8 of your favorite cookies (Oreo Double Stuff for me) good one.
Dude, I cant wait for the 999 post. Cheers!
nerds! nerds! nerds! haha
lol, they didnt have much luck since their star athelete (110m hurdler) got injured and couldnt run, poor china.
I guess the only relationship advice would be on 8/8/8 would be to give your loved one 8 hugs and 8 kisses that day just to be sure that you really could gain all the luck from this day as possible. You could also give them 8 compliments to really jump start their day, just make sure they are subtle.