Octarine Day (or that day you get when you add two and six three times in a row)

[soc_puppet]

Okay, so, I know the rest of the world is celebrating today as "OLYMPICS DAYYY! 8D", but my brother and I have decided to do something different. See, here's how it went:

Me: You know, the Olympics start today.
Him: Oh yeah? Huh.
Me: Yeah. It's 8-8-08.
Him: Ahaha. It's too bad there's nothing that significant about the number 8.
Me: ...Well, there is in Discworld.
Him: Oh, yeah! Octarine and stuff!
Me: We should totally make this Octarine Day or something.
Him: Definitely!

So I would be trying to celebrate with something nice and Pratchett-ish, but uh. I didn't think to prepare anything. Still, happy Octarine Day, everyone! It's way extra magical. *hears snow, tastes tin, etc* I wonder if I should make some sort of annual holiday out of this... "Write magical fic on 8/8 'cuz it's OCTARINE DAY" or something. Hmmm...


Also, my lack of updates is totally legit, as I am still in the process of moving. *should ttly be moved out by now, FAILURE*

Comments

[soc_puppet]

Huh! Makes sense. Now that I think of it, I'm pretty sure it's significant in Japanese culture as well (eight-headed hydra, eight million spirits/gods, etc).