Friday, June 23, 2006

5! [Jillian does it again!]

Today's theme song.



Five is:
  • The number of oceans in the world.

  • The five senses are sight, smell, hearing, touch and taste.

  • The five basic tastes are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami.

  • Most roses have five petals.

  • Pentameter is verse with five repeating feet per line; iambic pentameter was the most popular form in Shakespeare.

  • In the United States legal system, the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution can be referred to in court as "pleading the fifth", absolving the defendant from self-incrimination

  • The note in the English monetary system that features Elizabeth Fry. (£5 Note)

  • The smallest Euro banknote. It shows an antique bridge.

  • The number of cents in a nickel. The U.S. nickel bears a portrait of Thomas Jefferson. The Canadian nickel has a beaver on its reverse.

  • The designation of an Interstate Highway that runs from San Diego, California to Blaine, Washington.

  • The number of permanent members with veto power on the UN Security Council.

  • The number necessary to make a majority decision in the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • Five babies born at one time are quintuplets. The most famous set of quintuplets were the Dionne Quintuplets born in the 1930s.

  • In Astrology, Leo is the 5th astrological sign of the Zodiac.

  • Quintessence, meaning 'fifth element', refers to the elusive fifth element that completes the basic four elements (water, fire, air and earth). There is also a movie called The Fifth Element.

  • The number of dots in a quincunx.

  • The number of points in a pentagram.

  • The Garden of Cyrus 1658 by Sir Thomas Browne is a Pythagorean Discourse based upon the number 5.

  • The word "punch" comes from the Hindustani for five. Being true to the designation of punch, the drink Five Alive is named for its five ingredients.

  • The holy number of Discordianism, as dictated by the Law of Fives.

  • A popular Internet catch phrase commonly used on forums such as Something Awful. Posts are given a rating out of five. Posts which receive an average rating of five are referred to as 'top posts' or 'comedy gold'.

  • There are 5 digits in a United States zip code

    • posted by amy [Knitty] @ 9:29 AM 6 comments

    Comments:
    oh boy! i like that wiki entry. we actually sell the frozen Five Alive at my grocer. when i go to the UK, i'll have to see if i can get it in a bottle.
    # posted by Blogger helen : 10:14 AM, June 23, 2006
     
    That Rt. 5 goes all the way down to Chile. Pretty wicked.
    # posted by Blogger Kim Werker : 10:48 AM, June 23, 2006
     
    i thought of the song "five" by the look people (http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~davet/cd/html/disc-LOOKPPL_BGZ.html)

    "five is the number, that makes me want to boogie" (they're canadian)

    i recently quit my job to stay home doing what i love--beign with my kids!
    congrats on the big leap!
    # posted by Blogger Ann-Marie : 11:03 AM, June 23, 2006
     
    Mmmmm...umami. My fave. Can't go wrong with savoury stuff. - Like savouring this countdown! ;)
    # posted by Blogger Sophia : 1:53 PM, June 23, 2006
     
    5th comment!
    Boron is the 5th element in the Periodic Table of the Elements, and there are 5 books in the Torah (Old Testament)

    YajB in Israel
    # posted by Blogger YajB (WoolleyMomMyth) : 8:51 AM, June 26, 2006
     
    SIX senses Amy SIX without proprioception we would have to look at out knitting all the time!!!
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception

    Forgive a pedantic physiotherapist!

    Well done on the leap!

    Sue
    xxx
    # posted by Anonymous Sue : 6:25 PM, July 09, 2006
     
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