August 8th, 2008: What Makes It The Luckiest Wedding Date Of The Year

New York Times:

Chinese people find the 8's highly desirable for cellphone numbers, license plates, prices (and this reporter's byline).

In Beijing, officials expect more weddings than usual on Aug. 8, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau has provided an online booking service since June 20 for couples wanting to marry on Friday, giving them until Tuesday to sign up.

But this bump extends beyond China. The Knot, a wedding media and service company, says the number of weddings registered on its Web sites (theknot.com and weddingchannel.com) for 08/08/08 are four times that of other Fridays in August -- 22,000 vs. 5,000.

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Comments

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

The short answer?? nothing.

[wm1066]

I think this will be like w2k, its a totally made up time that is not in nature,and the Chinese have to use a WESTERN calendar to get this number, Plus Its 08-08-2008 and the 2 brakes the spell of the 8'S.

[gopSTEALSyourTAXmoney]

Which one is the man, and which one is the women?

[sowhatdemos]

I've decided to no longer post here, ever.Are you censors happy now?

[sowhatdemos]

Well I was the first comment last night and it got deleted. I'm getting really sick of this site, all of my posts are scrubed. I try yo be polite so what gives?

[edgraham]

Your headline indicates that eight is a lucky number, and you are going to tell us why.

Grow up.

Ed Graham

[ChimpsWithNukes]

It's lucky because even I could remember my aniversery date if it was 8-8-08.