What will happen on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 is something remarkably rare in history. 2/22/2022 has SIX two’s and a zero. The recently-passed 2/2/2022 was also pretty amazing, well worth making a big deal out of were it not for its grander cousin following just 20 days later. 2/2/2022 has only FIVE two’s and even worse, it fell on that ignominious day of the week Wednesday.
Wednesday is a terrible day. It’s the low point of the week, just as far from the last weekend as it is to the next one. It’s a contradiction in terms, a Wednesday trying to pass itself off as a Two’s-day. And the spelling! It’s pronounced “Wen’s day.” So why in the world does it spell itself “Wed ness day?” To trip up third graders on spelling tests?
You think it’s not such a rare thing? How about Feb 22, 1922, you might say. Well, here’s the dirt:
2/22/1922 had only 5 two’s.
The upcoming AMAZING day not only has 6 of those cool two’s, but the only non-two on the day is “nothing” to be worried about. Literally zero.
2/22/1922 had LOTS of non-two’s to upset anyone looking for beauty and consistency. There was a one. And, even worse, a nine. There is no rational come-back to those glaring errors.
If you’re still hanging on to the imagined glory of 2/22/1922, consider this: it was a Wednesday! How can a legitimate Two’s-day fall on a Wed-nes-day, I ask you?
You might dig in your heels and say “that’s fine about the past. But what about the future? Isn’t it obvious that 2/22/2222, a date that’s only 200 years from now would be even better? That’s seven two’s! Beat you!”
Ummmm, no you didn’t. Yes, it’s got an extra two. Good for it. But it doesn’t fall on a Tuesday. And to answer your desperate comeback, neither does 2/2/2222.
The glorious Two’s-day, 2/22/2022
When should we celebrate? On the day, of course, but I mean exactly when?
Think about it. Tick, tick, tick.
The fireworks should go off and the bottles should be popped exactly when the 24 hour clock hits twenty-two seconds of twenty-two minutes of ten o’clock in the evening, in other words:
22:22:22
At that exact second it will be:
22:22:22 on Tuesday, 2/22/2022
Two's-Day!!!
What could possibly be better than that??
Get ready, folks. Make your preparations. This isn’t just a once-in-a-lifetime event, it’s a once-practically-EVER event!
Here's how one teacher is helping her elementary school class celebrate:
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