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Numberwang 

The quiz show sketch on "That Mitchell and Webb Look".
That's Numberwang, Scoff a Number!
Numberwang by Jordan Davies November 1, 2006
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Numberwang 

The rules are fairly simple but the process for finding NumberWang is nearly impossible. The process for finding NumberWang used to take hours and hours to find because the formula was an entire 1400 page text book. Now, finding NumberWang is simple. You say a number that you think is NumberWang and the NumberWang Robot, Coloson, will answer for you. However during the early 1960's apearance of Coloson on TV, Coloson decided to take over the world and said "I am NumberWang, The world is NumberWang, therefore I am the world!" The makers of Coloson, who forsaw this event, installed a fail-safe. The only way to stop Coloson was to show it a picture of a chicken. Now Coloson is kept in the basement of the BBC TV Center. NumberWang is now a world phenomonon. It is on Austrailian TV, New Zealand TV and even American TV where instead of saying "Thats NumberWang!!" they say "Yes, That is a number..."
{first TV NumberWang}
Host: Good Evening and welcome to a new piece of enlessness which we're calling, NumberWang.
Miss. Julia...

Julia: 7

Host: We'll just have to check that with the Boffins. Was that NumberWang?

Boffin 1: It'll take a few hours im afraid...

Host: Well, In the mean time, some music (hums British National Anthem)

{Later TV NumberWang}

Host Robert Robinson: Ahhh, Hello hello, welcome to NumberWang with me Robert Robinson and the worlds first commercial NumberWang solving computer, Coloson

Coloson: I AM COLOSON

Host Robert Robinson: Indeed you are, Round one will begin. Miss Julia to play first

Julia: 7

Host Robert Robinson: Could it be NumberWang? Coloson?

Coloson: NO

Host Robert Robinson: Ahh, would that it were NumberWang alas it is not.

{Even Later less boring NumberWang}

Host: Round 2, Fish Numbers! Julia?

Julia: EEL-even

Host: Lets ask Coloson... Where's he gone? Oh my God, Coloson's lose!

Coloson: I AM COLOSON, I AM NUMBERWANG, THE WORLD IS NUMBERWANG, THEREFORE I AM THE WORLD! YOU MUST ALL DIE! I AM COLOSON, I AM NUMBERWANG, THE WORLD IS NUMBERWANG! (sees picture of a chicken) I OBEY!

(Today's NumberWang)

Host: Hi and welcome to the maths game that simply everyones talking about! Julia any pets?

Julia: no

Host: ok, Simon?

Simon: yes

Host: great! Any hobbies?

Julia: yes

Simon: no

Host: exellent! Lets play NumberWang!! Julia you start.

Julia: 11

Simon: 25

Julia: 67

Simon: 23

Host: THATS NUMBERWANG!! Round 2, Simon.

Simon: 45

Julia: 14

Simon: 90

Julia: 98

Host: THATS THE NUMBERWANG BONUS! Lets Rotate the board!
(the 2 contestants turn around on a turn table and some abstract thing like a news caster behind a desk or a dentist pulling someones teeth out is on the other side)

Host: Right! Lets play WangerNumb! Julia.

Julia: 19
(host shakes his head)
Simon:16
(host shakes his head)
Julia: 12
(host shakes his head)
Simon: 4
(host looks anxious)
Julia: 4
(host looks more anxious)
Simon:4
(host looks even more anxious)
Julia: (slight hesitation) 4?

Host:OOO! you've just been WangerNumbed! Now Simon gets a new car and you get beaten with an aluminium bat! (woman in sparkely dress comes from behind the turn table and starts hitting Julia with an aluminium bat.) Thanks for Watching NumberWang!
Numberwang by Christian Greaves April 26, 2008

Numberwang 

When you see the largest yield since in a long period of time. (Typically used in reference to the year 2018)
Did you see that, that we numberwang!

"Numberwang! Call Dr. leche"
Numberwang by TheRealBee May 23, 2019

Numberwang 

When you get the number 69 or 42 on a receipt, getting number 13 hotel room, when a digital clock, set to 24H turns from eleven fifty nine, to twelve O'clock.

Some people mistake Numberwangs for some sort of mystical numerology nonsense, while experts agree they are at worst cultural phenomenon, and at best tied into mathematical principles pointless trying to explain to a layman.
"Thats Numberwang"- That Mitchel and Webb look (often used out of context for humour)

"Got three bloody Numberwangs today, hope I don't start believing in God..."
Numberwang by Provided Helper December 13, 2024

Numberwang 

Getting a 69 or 42 on a receipt, the moment a 24H digital clock turns from elven fifty nine to twelve O'clock, Getting room number 13 at a hotel, seeing too many number-plates with your age on your birthday.

Some people think a Numberwang is in some way connected to the fabric of reality, creating allot of Numerology Nonsense.

Experts say that Numberwangs are at worst Cultural Phenomenon, and at best related to patterns in complex mathematics the layman wouldn't be able to understand.
"Thats Numberwang" - That Mitchel And Webb Look (Often used out of context for comedic porpoises.)

"I got three Numberwangs today, I hope I don't start believing in God!" - Steve to his wife.
Numberwang by Provided Helper December 13, 2024
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
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