YP17 Turns Out 17 is the Only Random Number after all.

As an HCSSiM alumnus I was delighted when a fool pulled 17 out of his hat.

Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) puts the number of socialists in the House at 17.
“Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists,” Bachus told local government leaders on Thursday, according to the Birmingham News.

Bachus gave the specific number of House socialists when pressed later by a reporter.

Via Matt Yglesias