7 is an interesting number. There are 7 deadly sins and 7 heavenly virtues. God created the world in 7 days and thus we have the 7 day week. The human mind can memorize about 7 listed things at once. 7 is the lucky number in many games chance and bet. 7 is easy to figure out when converting forms. While three goes to third goes to thirty. Seven goes to seventh goes to seventeen goes to seventy.
But then...
Seven sons is septuples. But the 9th month is September*.
And the seventh day is Sunday but we call that the...Sabbath?
And seven sides is....a heptagon?
But an extended trip after seven years is a sabbatical.
and an octopus with 7 tentacles is?
...one pissed off octopus.
*September was the seventh month, and OCTOber the 8th until Julius Cesar added Augus(tus) and July(Julius) to the calendar. But hey, it was catchy.
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