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Henry Kissinger told a joke to Richard Nixon. It became known as Mr. Nixon’s favorite joke. A man asked Richard Wagner, Do you spell your name with a W. He replied, Nien, W.
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090909 was a really neat day. And not just two days later was 911, and we know goes on then. 090909 was the last day of its type until 01/01/2101. A day expressed by three zeros and three single digits.
Nine is the largest of the single digit numbers. It is a baseball team, without the DH. A baseball game lasts nine innings, just like a pregnancy lasts nine months. A pregnancy is not considered a complete game if it is rained out after the fifth inning.
Nine is pronounced the same as No in German. Was 090909 known in Berlin as oh no, oh no? Did Yoko Ono make an appearance to celebrate? Did the mask work better for her than it did for John?
Nine is an odd number. Nine is three squared. If you multiply a number by nine, and then add the digits of the sum together, you will get nine. An example is 2×9=18, and 1+8=9.
Nine is six upside down. A pristine pastime popularized 69. Jimi Hendrix wondered if six turned out to be nine, he don’t mind. The Beatles did a song called Revolution number nine, which said “turn me on dead man” if played backwards. Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine.
This was originally posted 090909. It was adapted on 090913 for use in the Trifecta writing challenge. Pictures are from The Library of Congress.
Chamblee54 
That’s an interesting series of connections.
You are in rare, strangest form today. I’m not certain I *enjoyed* all the videos.
Maybe it’s just too early for me.
I can tell it’s going to be a *weird* day.
The Lena Lovich video was perfectly fitting for your place in the order of the submissions. Your piece was thought provoking and silly. In Berlin “Oh No! Oh No!” hahahaha. I know someone who is a Numerologist. I should send her your way.
This was pre written, waiting on the prompt. For some reason, when I saw that mask was the prompt, I thought of Yoko Ono.
Like others said this was an interesting collection of videos and pictures. I loved the black and white pictures. I thought a lot about masks, especially in those pictures. Like the cars, the building behind them wore lots of mask:~)
That’s quite an interesting web of thoughts. Thanks for sharing!