Numbers in the VOOT

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Seven is the magic number in the VOOT. You would think that the number five, or the number ten, would be the magic number in the VOOT, but you would be wrong. I see this as ancient realization: those idiots who wrote the VOOT understood that the number five or the number ten would be related by their ignorant readers to the number of fingers on their hands and toes. That is to say that the numbers five and ten were such common numbers that they could never become mystical.

And so, those ancient folks whose design it was to awe their ancient readers, invented seven. Seven is a numerical scam! Do you believe in seven? If so you are deluded.

Another possible reason for the emergence of the number seven in mystical ideas is related to geometry: a cube has six sides. Two cubes have twelve sides. Seven and Eleven are rare in a random bout where each side is numbered incrementally and added together to define a result.

But I digress due to abject drunkedness.