Base 13
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Base-13, tridecimal, or tredecimal is a positional numeral system with thirteen as its base. It uses 13 different digits for representing numbers. Suitable digits for base 13 could be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X, E and T (similar to base 12) or 0-9, A, B and C (similar to base 16).
[edit] Base 13 in fiction
In the end of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams, a possible question to get the answer "forty-two" is presented: "What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" Of course, the answer is deliberately wrong, creating a humorous effect – if the calculation is carried out in base 10. People who were trying to find a deeper meaning in the passage soon noticed that in base 13, 6 × 9 is actually 42 (as 4 × 13 + 2 = 54). When confronted with this, the author stated that it was a mere coincidence, and that "Nobody writes jokes in base 13 [...] I may be a pretty sad person, but I don't make jokes in base 13." See also The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
The notion of Base 13 can also be attributed to the fact that John R. has a little baby penis, commonly used to have his way with other gentlemen at his leisure, or to be kind and clean food from betwixt a bedfellows teeth. Whatever the reason, he just can't seem to escape the grip of shame he feels about his less than perfect member. Poor John, never able to satisfy anyone... John: "EXCEPT YOUR MOM!"... Good one.
[edit] Base 13-based Calendar
The Maya calendar used a base 13 system (the trecena), with 13x20 days for the Tzolkin cycle.
