There are few things that you cannot change when you think about it. Your weight, eye color, sex, name, language, location, and many more. You could even skin graft and get different finger prints. About the only thing that you can’t mess with is time.
Why am I thinking about this? Was I smoking something last night, which lead me to waxing lyrically about random crud? No.
Wouldn’t it be cool if you were born on 08/08/08. It would be easy to remember, and have others get your birthday right (even without Facebook telling them).
However, if you give birth on 08/07/08 tough luck. Sorry. You have that planted on you for your entire life.
I thought it was a lost cause. These hospitals are serious. But, then I wondered:
What would happen if I went into the wilderness and had a baby out there? Surely I would come in and someone would have to take my word on the date?
I have seen this first hand. I do not want to generalize here, but when I was a youngster playing cricket for Middlesex, I am sure that some of the other kids that had recently immigrated to the UK were a touch older than they claimed. I know that some people can get facial hair at an early age, but some of these guys were quite obvious. I think that the same happens in the little league via the Dominican Republic, and others.
In conclusion, if you are having a kid near 08/08/08, consider having the kid in The Bush and sneak in the magic date!
January 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 am
This post reminded me of a similar incident here in the States where a Little League baseball player was a dominant pitcher, but it turned out he was actually 2 years older than the age limit. It got a lot of press at the time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Almonte
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July 14th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Yes, the things we can’t change is a great topic. Funny thing about birth/age: you can’t change you’re birthday (well my grandma who immigrated through Ellis Island did, sort of, but that’s another story), but what about your age? From some Korean friends I learned not that long ago that age in Korean society is calculated from conception (obviously, there more approximation going on here) not birth. So if you move to Seoul, do you get older? Changing frames of reference – there’s another good topic for discussion.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
can u change my age to 13 years old please~!!!!!!!!!!