the number 23

in an attempt to gain some insight into my own obsessions, my folks went and saw the new jim carrey vehicle trainwreck, "the number 23".

then they called me up and asked me to explain it to them. since i hadn't seen it, the best i could offer was this: at the time i called my bro to read me its tomatometer, "the number 23" had scored a whopping 8%, and as we all know, 8 is 2 to the 3rd power, and there you have it: 8 => 2^3 => 23.

when i mentioned that 23 is only of consequence because it illustrates and adheres to the law of fives, the folks asked whatnow is the law of fives, on account of it weren't mentioned in the movie! huh?