Eleven

It turns out that eleven is a very auspicious number.

There are eleven players in a cricket team.

There’s the eleven o’clock news.

We do things at the eleventh hour.

Spinal Tap asserts assuredly that “These go to eleven.”

Eleven is the first prime exponent that does not yield a Mersenne prime.

There are eleven secret herbs and spices.

I just glanced at my phone and the clock read 11:11 AM.

My first iMac was the two thousand and eleven model.

There has also been eleven years elapsed today since the DVD drive of this very same iMac tried to kill me by eating my beard.

May I live another eleven years safe from this torment.

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