070707

So today’s supposed to be lucky. If you believe in that sort of thing, the convergence of three sevens is supposed to mean good luck. I read somewhere that there were expected to be more weddings today than on any other single date in history. Or maybe that’s just hype.

Nigel and I decided to go see Transformers today. On the way, a car rear-ended us. As it happens, it appears the guy who hit us got the worst of the damage—his bonnet was bowed, but we seem to have not had much damage. We’ll have it checked out next week, but it looks like, despite being hit, we may have been lucky.

The movie was okay. It was entertaining in a mass-culture movie kind of way, with only a few truly naff moments. This is good.

On the way home, we stopped at a supermarket to pick up a bottle of wine to take to dinner at the sister-in-law’s house. EFTPOS didn’t work at the checkout, so I had to go to another checkout. It didn’t work there, either. I left without any wine. Not so lucky. When we got home I had a look and found a bottle.

So, our car was hit (unlucky), but seems to be relatively unscathed (lucky). The supermarket couldn’t sell me anything (unlucky), but I had a bottle of wine at home (lucky).

So, you tell me: Was 07-07-07 lucky or unlucky?

Update 08/07/07: I changed this post slightly, partly to add links. Stories about 07/07/07 weddings in New Zealand are here and here.