Happy four million day

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This thread is to celbrate the birth of New Zealand's four millionth person being born in around ten minutes time. You can watch it live here.

― hamish (hamish), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:20 (twenty-three years ago)

something about the two words 'pop clock' seem to fit w/ the general idea of birth. winston would be telling us that they aren't all nzers though, wouldn't he.

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Boy, does the world feel small. This internet thing is wacky.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:28 (twenty-three years ago)

there's only 4 million of you down there?!

― That Girl (thatgirl), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:31 (twenty-three years ago)

only? puh!

― hamish (hamish), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:32 (twenty-three years ago)

We did it! Watch out china!

― hamish (hamish), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:37 (twenty-three years ago)

For posterity:

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hiatus/fourmillion.JPG

― hamish (hamish), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:44 (twenty-three years ago)

more new zealanders seems a good thing to me.

― gabriel (gabe), Thursday, 24 April 2003 04:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Fpur million people live in Houston. You do need to surpass them at least, please. More getting it on down there!

― That Girl (thatgirl), Thursday, 24 April 2003 05:00 (twenty-three years ago)

we're not making replacement population levels w/out immigrants - thankfully people seem to wanna live here and so we aren't shrinking.

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Thursday, 24 April 2003 06:18 (twenty-three years ago)

If only somebody would do the math so we could all know which New Zealander we are, numerically speaking.

― rainy (rainy), Thursday, 24 April 2003 06:27 (twenty-three years ago)

But wouldn't you all have to keep shuffling up as people drop off.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 24 April 2003 06:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Personal ads could be so awesome. "Power-of-ten seeks prime number for multiplication; drop me your digits and we'll get quadratic."

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 24 April 2003 06:48 (twenty-three years ago)

You can watch it live here.

I thought this would be a link to a webcam which would show the lucky toddler being born. I guess I was expecting too much from InterWeb...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 24 April 2003 06:49 (twenty-three years ago)

New Zealand has the best good music per capita ratio in the history of humankind.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Thursday, 24 April 2003 06:56 (twenty-three years ago)

mr diamond, that makes me proud to be a kiwi, and i haven't felt like that in a while.

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Thursday, 24 April 2003 07:15 (twenty-three years ago)

its embarrasing that the four millionth new zealander being born is BIG NEWS here. why the hell didn't i watch the simpsons instead?

― di smith (lucylurex), Thursday, 24 April 2003 07:20 (twenty-three years ago)

it was a nation building exercise - helen's outta the country for five minutes (getting us better visas in the EU) and NZ, spokespersonless, needs to run a 10 minute 'news' story on us; on being kiwis and on what's changed. the night before last there was something about ed hillary...

― Clare (not entirely unhappy), Thursday, 24 April 2003 07:43 (twenty-three years ago)

New Zealand has the best good music per capita ratio in the history of humankind.

I'd give that honor to Jamaica.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 24 April 2003 08:01 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd give it to Stourbridge /facetiousness>

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:52 (twenty-three years ago)

how easy is it to emigrate to NZ, anyway?

― hstencil, Thursday, 24 April 2003 12:54 (twenty-three years ago)

http://frodisman.com/xena44.jpg
A land of Lawlessness!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 24 April 2003 13:11 (twenty-three years ago)

Here, here, Tuomas

― buttch (Oops), Thursday, 24 April 2003 13:53 (twenty-three years ago)

When I saw the title I thought maybe we'd had 4 million messages on ILX!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 24 April 2003 19:31 (twenty-three years ago)

hey when i was at work yesterday afternoon , the unit was buzzing cos we had the 4 millionth baby in one of our rooms and the tv news folk were coming in to film the mama and baba. but i forgot to watch tv to see if it was on the news.

― hellbaby (hellbaby), Thursday, 24 April 2003 22:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Martin: me too!

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 25 April 2003 01:38 (twenty-three years ago)

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