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Mtl_zack's avatar

Who else loves even numbers?

Asked by Mtl_zack (6778points) November 26th, 2008

I do.

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26 Answers

aanuszek1's avatar

Phsst! I’m such a nerd; when I solve equations, I always root for the positive numbers.

arnbev959's avatar

I love all numbers. I don’t pick favorites.

damien's avatar

The odd ones are okay, too. Don’t give them a hard time just because they’re odd.

Allie's avatar

Pete is an equal opportunity number lover. Get it? Did you see what I did there? Equal. Yeah.. ok.. anyway..

Sure, I like even numbers but I like odd ones also. My favorite number is seven.

laureth's avatar

I like 36 and 60. I knit, and they’re both very divisible, making for nice pattern repeats.

AstroChuck's avatar

It’s funny that you ask this. Since I’ve been a child I’ve always been attracted to odd numbers. As a child I always had to “get my number.”. That could mean counting something, how many times I’d touch something, steps I’d take, etc. The numbers I usually prefered were 3, 5, 9, 19, 21 and 23. It could go higher but I’d usually have to increase the number by 4. I’m not quite that bad now but I still catch myself counting letters and numbers on license plates and bumper stickers when stopped at a red light, trying to make them come up odd.
I know, what a nut. What can I say? I think most creative types are a bit OCD.

Great question, BTW.

seVen's avatar

@Allie thanks you’re my favorite too :))

peedub's avatar

I’m attracted to the odd but I’m a sucker for symmetry.

I guess I like both.

andrew's avatar

I much prefer the odd numbers, except when we’re talking about 2. You can center them much better!

jtvoar16's avatar

I love odd numbers, personally I think even numbers are too… symmetric. I mean how can I divide something and have the something that I divide have something in the center if that something doesn’t divide so I can have that something in the center but, instead, equal on all sides…
/shivers
/vomits
/fear
/wrist.

Do you see what I did there? Cleverness here.

Mtl_zack's avatar

@AC: I am EXACTLY like that. I have to increase things by 2. Or when I’m reading, I’ll count the words in 3s in my head. I always have to “get my number” too. Mine are 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 17, 19, 21, etc…

Perchik's avatar

I prefer a subset of odd numbers.. : prime

AlfredaPrufrock's avatar

I like odd numbers; in flower arranging, you need odd numbers of flowers for the arrangement to look balanced.

Snoopy's avatar

@alfreda I didn’t think I had a “numbers” thing…but now that you mention the floral arranging I do it then….and in flower planting/gardening (3,5,7, etc).

AlfredaPrufrock's avatar

Maybe it has something the Golden Mean?

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

Funny you should ask this, as I was thinking the other day about the combination of a lock I own. One of the numbers is 34, which feels to me to be ‘female’, yet one of the other numbers is 16, and that seems ‘male’ to me. I’m not sure why, but that’s how they feel to me. I think that is pretty odd, don’t you?

augustlan's avatar

I’m an even-steven kind of girl. When I was a kid, I counted everything, always in patterns of 4. I still do that when I’m doing deep breathing (count to 4 on inhale, hold for 4, exhale to 4, hold for 4, repeat). I also had to chew evenly on both sides of my mouth. Psst…sometimes I still do this.

AstroChuck's avatar

You’re weird, Auggie.

augustlan's avatar

I know it. <hanging head in shame>

jlm11f's avatar

Odd #s >>>> Even #s

Allie's avatar

“Auggie” makes me think of the movie Role Models.

AstroChuck's avatar

Augustlan with her father.

augustlan's avatar

<Now shaking fist at ChuckieDuckie!>

augustlan's avatar

“He’s different. He’s the only one of his kind.”

Yep, sounds about right ; )

Allie's avatar

“He’s a rebel. He’s a loner.”

Oh, Chuckie.

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