Thursday, March 1, 2007

With Prime Numbers I'll Kick Your Ass

Is it just me or do you too think that prime number are considerably more groovy than their more readily divisible counterparts ?
Think about it, all the really cool integers are Prime.
3, very cool
5, not as cool as 3 certainly but a lot hipper than 4 which is totally square.
All the great teams and organizations are based on Prime numbers.
The Holy Trinity for example is Prime.
They would just be a joke if they turned up for business as the Holy Quartet, they would be laughed right out of the Pantheon. They might possibly work as the Holy Duality. There have been many important and successful Duets throughout history but there again we have the Prime. The ever popular 2 is the only even member of those funky numbers .
Think about it, "The Magnificent 7", A Prime number naturally.
First they were Samurai and only later did they become Cowboys.
In the Future they all became inter planetary freedom fighters in "Blake’s 7" where they fought for the BBC against the evil Federation.
They enjoyed a long career as Robots in 2000AD comics "The ABC Warriors". They also became a bunch of rather feeble Mercenaries in the forgettable "Battle Beyond the Stars".
But all though the centuries they realize that they have to remain 7 in order to harness the Prime Funkiness. They are never going to save the villagers or planetary colonists from the Banditos and Intergalactic pirates with 6 and 8 just wouldn’t be cool enough.
Now I know what you are thinking,
The evenly divisible "Fantastic Four " right ?
Well basically the Fantastic Four suck and I think we all need to acknowledge that fact. Not only would the Magnificent 7 kick their ridiculous Superhero asses even Enid Bylton’s the Famous 5 and Secret 7 would do them in as well.

13 is another great Prime number. You may hate it you may fear it but you have to respect the number 13. Jesus appreciated this. He of course had 12 apostles but with his own presence he wisely took the number in his crew to the very formidable 13. He wouldn’t have been nailed up by the cops if Judas hadn’t betrayed them and taken the number down to an embarrassing and rather pathetic 12.
Witches covens are traditionally 13 that’s more of a guideline than an actual hard and fast rule but you just know they are going to get more work done as 13 than 12 or a flabby and over weight 14.
11 might work some good Prime magic it certainly works for Cricket and Football teams. Rugby Union is therefore a bit of an anomaly at 15 which can be evenly divided by the ever reliable 3 and 5. But let us not forget that the Rugby 7’s is a considerably faster and more exciting game than the traditional 15.

In summary, if you want to really get the job done either do it yourself ( going solo) take 1 mate along ( the duo ) or form a Trio Triad or Triumvirate. But what ever you do always stick to the Primes for ultimate in full on Funky Effects.

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