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I love this show so fancied chatting about it around the Britnet water cooler.

So a thread on the Lost messge boards (yeah I'm that sad) appeared today that claimed to explain Hurley's numbers. It includes a link stating-
http//www.ericd.net/new_css/

"It seems like the numbers and the plot on Lost may have been cracked. This explanation holds up especially after tonight's Season 2 premier episode.

There is a book (theory) called "Genetic Mirror Theory and other Natuarlly Occuring Phenomenon," by Marsille Roussau. Someone posted online this

I recently found an interesting natuarlly occuring thoery found in our world that states everyone has a mirror image somewhere in the world. You may have heard of this. Its called Roussau's genetic mirror theory, and I must say it is very interesting. Roussau's genetic mirror theory says that everyone in the world has an exact twin somewhere, however according to the theory you never encounter this person, by laws of probablitly and other natuaral occuring phemnomen. Its the theory that was devised by a French Mathematician named Marseille Roussau in the year 1988. He used a series of numbers to explain his theory. Now I know you're not going to believe this but here goes.


4 8 15 16 23 42


Let me explain...

The 4 stands for 4 degrees of separation (not 6 or 7 as commonly stated.) Roussau believed that everyone in the world was connected by four different people. So in theory could meet yourself by using four different people connected to you. Example Your brother's, boss's, neighbor nephew, knows your mirror. Hard to believe, I know but keep reading.

The 8 stands for the eight continent, or the only place in the world where you could meet your mirror. He calculated it to be somewhere in the south pacific. Now we know its not actually as large as the other contintents but its used figurtively because everyone in all 7 continents could meet there mirror on the 8th universal continent.

The 15 stands for the chances of you acually meeting yourself on this place, as in 15 out of 4,815,162,342. Look at the second set "815." Ring any bells? Interesting huh?

The 16 stands for the maximum amount of people that could encounter thier twin all at the same time. Think about the number of main characters.

The 23 is the number of years apart your twin and yourself are. You are not the same age as your twin. By chance and probablity it takes 23 years exactly for the same genes that made you to be connected again to form another you.

The 42 stands for the maximimum number of years your twin and yourself can be alive at the same time. However people do die at diffferent times so thats why everyone isn't dead at 75. For example my twin was born on Sept. 6 2003 b/c i was born on Spet. 6 1980. Now that doesn't mean i will die in the year 2045, I could, but its not set in stone. My twin could die when he is 16, and then the whole thing starts over again.

This is all very complicated and I don't know how well I explained it but the connections with the show are too coinidental to not be real.

Roussau and his team (wife, included) went to the 8th continent. You can figure out how they died and why by the numbers and equations. It also fits with every character. You can predict when they will die. There are others on the island who are twins of the survivors, but have been there 23 years longer.

There is a book Roussau wrote 16 years ago in 1988 when he came up with the theory. Thats where I got it from."


Here's the thing though - the author and book appear to be entirely fake - don't show up anywhere. And the claim that someone "found" the password to the shows website is crapola. But that doesn't mean it's a red herring. The writers of Lost spent alot of time last season posting clues and odd stuff like this on the board. They've even "accidentaly" left fake scripts on the oceanicflight815.com board. Add that one of the weird things that the show keeps showing is the characters bumping in to each other before hand coincidentally. But there's more - in the final episode of last season the two men at the front of the boat that took Walt are twins. Which actually screws the theory that your identical twin is born 23 years later but whatever!


And if you missed anything Wikipedia does a very good job of summarizing-
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodes_of_Lost_%28Season_1%29

Jesus christ...I got LOST mrgreen Other shows that premiered last night, were E-RING, and also THE CLOSER. Enjoyed them both, can't be arsed to watch both apprentice shows starting this week roll

I read somewhere that all of those numbers added up to 666... but I was always too lazy to add them all up, still am!

The bit where the guy in the "hatch" confused me. How did he get natural light in there??

So after endless debate on what the numbers in Lost mean, someone just plugged them into GPS and got this -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sh/47743274/




Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Of course, I know the above is nonsense too. grin As I read somewhere else - were there any clues that a Scottish man with supplies, mirrors, guns and a computer lived underground in the first series? No. So how many theories actually panned out? In hindisght you can make anything fit. None of the "clues" really are clues. So I'm just torturing myself.

Why did I wade through that expletive deleted thread, just to find out that it was about an expletive deleted TV show?

The Closer started another season?? We loved Season 1! Kyra Sedgewick was brilliant.

Thank you,- thank you soo much! lol

(nicked from elsewhere)

So it is now clear that each character on the show has a special power.

Sawyers special power is that he is able to materialise guns from his arse crack.

Michaels special power is to yell everything he says. ALL THE TIME.

Jacks special power is to keep his beard at a constant 5 o'clock shadow. Never clean shaven, never a beard.

Charlies special power is to have extremely hot australian women fall for him
even though he looks like the hairy troll dolls from  the 1970's.

Hurleys special power is to say "dude" 673 different ways.

Lockes special power is to be able to find a little window to the hatch but not a 12 foot metal door leading to the hatch.

Kates special power is ventriliqiusm. She hasn't used it yet, thats in episode 5.


(Hi... my name is Sawyer...I have been tortured, stabbed, punched, slapped, shot, almost drowned, chased by a shark, lost at sea, whacked in the face and back by a huge wooden stick held by a huge hulk of a man. Then I was dragged through a forest floor, thrown 12 feet down a hole, tried to climb out of the hole and fell 12 feet again, then punched by a hulk of a girl right in the face.

See my golden hair blow in the sun...)