LARRY
          Very good.  This isn't about
          numerics, but Numerology. Consider
          when the Beijing Olympics began.
          
                    COLBY
          August.
          
                    LARRY
          More precisely, eight seconds past
          8:08 on August 8, 2008.  The Chinese
          organizers wanted good fortune for
          the games and eight is their
          luckiest, most auspicious number.