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1. Whenever my car's gas tank is empty I go to a gas station. I've been to gas stations in more than 25 different states! Anywho, it happens every time... As I'm filling my tank with gas, the nozzle always clicks off at $12.18! That's because I stop it there intentionally. (sometimes I hit $12.19 and start cussin') Now I don't know much about cars, but I do know that mine runs like a charm; might this be a coincidence? Draw your own conclusion...Pauly B

2. Ed- this is 100% legit. I am honestly scared at this point. not sure if this is even funny anymore. post it if you want, its not that good just so damn weird!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!
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It is with even less of an understanding for 1218 that I write this 1218 story. Last night I went to bed at the normal time I usually do when I have work the next morning. For some strange reason I woke up suddenly and extremely confused. As I normally would when I awake for some reason, I hit the light on my watch and checked the time. Sure enough, 12:18. Of course at first I didn't believe it. So now I try to pull myself together and figure out what the hell is going on. Why am I awake? Why does my watch say 12:18? I check over on my alarm clock, it says 12:19 (makes sense because it usually is almost a minute faster). Unfortunetly there is no more to this story. There was no reason why I woke up. No loud noises outside my bedroom, I was feeling fine, and didn't have to use the bathroom. Some may say that I am obsessed and was dreaming, but I could only hope for that. No, this is offical......1218 woke me up!

3. 1218 star! I found a site that has pictures from the Hubble telescope of the star named SB-WF-3584-1218. The y coordinate of this start is 1218.3! http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/astro/hdfs/wfpc2/html/obj0312.html

Woody

4. We were at Yankee Stadium and it was the bottom of the eighth inning. It had been a long night because of a rain delay. My friend looked at the scoreboard (diagram below) and said, "what would happen if the count was 1 strike and 2 balls with 1 out?" I replied, after reading 12:04 on the huge digital clock over left field, "what if it happened at 12:18?" The eighth inning went on and at 12:17 there was a runner on, a 1 and 1 count on the batter, and 1 out recorded. The pitcher throws to first and just as he gets the ball back the clock switched to 12:18. No more than 5 seconds later he pours over strike two. With both the clock and the scoreboard reading 1218, I could only sit there and say repeatedly "Oh my God."

5. At a grocery store in Conshohocken, PA I was wearing my "1218" shirt. As I was exiting the store, I happened to notice that an older gentleman was looking at me as I passed him. I didn't think much of it. I put my groceries in the car and went to the drugstore next door. When I was walking into this store, the same old man was walking out and again he was staring me down. I passed him and while I was milling about the front of the store, I noticed he had come back in. He went straight to the counter and asked the women to give him a lottery ticket for the number "1218." I don't know if he was a winner

6. An interesting 1218 story : jimmy and i were in the bryn mawr acme buying some necessities, and our total came to $12.16. jimmy exclaimed, "so close." we laughed, and as we were leaving, i dropped my receipt and it fluttered to the ground just outside the door. well, as i looked up to the side of the building just above the exit door, i saw it...behold, a 1218 sign!!! 1218 lancaster ave. happens to be the byrn mawr acme. now, i know you probably knew this already, but this was quite a site for myself and jimmy. and what a peculiar sign it was. not painted on the building like any other respectable business on the mainline, it just hung there by two nails, like it was just placed there, beckoning us to take it away. well, no, i did not steal the beloved sign that holds us all together, but if you'd like, i could take a picture of it for your website. - ashley

7. Where do I begin...Since i was introduced to 1218 my Sophomore or Junior year it has haunted me ever since. I have had many many run ins with our beloved 1218. I have had the totals from stores and food places, many things have happened at 12:18 so where do I begin? I would like to share one story that i find amusing. I fondly recall St. Patrick's Day 1999. It was our Senior year and many of us had decided to "don the greens" in celebration of this great Irish day. For those who are not familar I am refering to "The Outdoorsman" Series. Many of us had decided to go to Annie's Pub on Crickett Ave in Ardmore. Well as we all arrived it appeared that many more of us had decided to show some Irish pride. It didn't take long until the questions began "What's TwelveEighteen?, What does it mean? Is it a team? Who are you guys? Well being well versed in twelveeighttenology I immediately answered, "well it's one two one eight!" illustrating the back of my shirt. Well needless to say I was not the only one. One woman was interigating us telling us that one of us "would cave in and tell" we were perplexed having already explained. Well all I have to say is that by the time we left punches had almost beenthrown...the band wanted shirts, and the woman was still after us. What a night! -Andy

8. It was a cold october night... I had been drinking and I was fiddling with some 1218 mathematics, trying to find a mathematical explination of the 1218 phenomenon. Prepare yourself. What follows is what came to be known as THE 1218 THEOROM!!!
(1218): 1 + 2 + 1 + 8 x 1 x 2 x 1 x 8 = 192
(192): 1 + 9 + 2 = 12 and 1 x 9 x 2 = 18
It's that simple! And for all of you nonbelievers, the 1218 theorom works backwards as well!
(1218): 1 x 2 x 1 x 8 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 8 = 28
(28): 28!! That's one(1) 2 and one(1) 8! (or 1x2and1x8!) In other words, it's 1218!!! There it is. Mathematical proof that 1218 is
more than just a number.

9. Usually at VEMS it's a race to see who can yell out 12:18 first during the noon news. That's just about the time that Cecily Tynan comes on channel 6 with the weather. So I'm sitting there on duty thinking, I don't think I've ever gotten a call at 12:18, wouldn't that be a coincidence? So go figure, we get a call at the Health Center, probably abdominal pain, I don't quite remember. The regular dispatcher is out, so there is another dispatcher. Well anyway, he likes to time-stamp his transmissions, so he says "Time out, 12:18". I thought that was quite amusing. So we get in the ambulance, and call responding and on location, and he repeats it: "Time on location, 12:18". And then I thought, some days it's just good to be alive. -172