Here is an update on the 08/08/08 wedding story; more than 300,000 couples were married in China. According to National Nine News at http://news.ninemsn.com. The actual total was 314, 224.
Wow. I bet a lot of the day was spent waiting in line.
We’ve got a touch of Olympic fever, here at my house. We’ve stayed up late every night so far, but our viewing habits will have to change shortly as we are back to school in 2 more days. That includes me, as I’m an aide at our local elementary school.
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Calum MacLeod, of the USA Today, reports that some 9000 Chinese couples are set to be married on August 8th, 2008, in Beijing, China. The push for so many to marry on that date comes in two parts. One, because 8 is a lucky number in China and they want to take advantage of the 08/08/08 date. The second part is that the Chinese couples want to honor the opening day of the Olympics Games, also on 08/08/08.
Couples married on Friday will be taking part in a promotional event, wherein they will sign a billboard that states, “A …read more