Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jon He said it was an Asian thing, Hickock was hardly an Asian. When I lived in Japan, I found that the word for "death" was the same as the word for "four". (shi) There are about five other words that translate to "shi". I never heard of anything bad attributed to 1 (ichi) in Japanese. The correct term for this is superstition. Jerry Jon wrote: > "Is there a possibility of avoiding any serial # that contains "4", and "1" > ? It's an Asian shaman thing that's taboo for these numbers. The number "8" > is highly regarded, so if its at all possible that the # contains 8s ?" > > Never heard that before... I always thought it was Aces & Eights? > > Legend holds that Wild Bill Hickok was shot to death during a poker game in > Deadwood, South Dakota, and that the hand he held was two pair, black aces > and black eights. On that most people agree > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html