Why 'Lost' fans have been waiting for this day for a long time

Kelly Lawler | USA TODAY

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.

Like so many parts of Lost, those numbers haunted fans during, and probably after, the show. What do they mean? Well technically they correspond to candidates to replace Jakob as protector of the Island (or something), but to us they will always represent our own minds being driven mad by trying to figure out what everything on Lost meant, and how it fit together and what the answers to the mysteries were. And what better way to celebrate the insanity of that show than by recognizing how important today is in Lost mythology. It's April 8, 2015. 4-8-15. Get it? So today at 16:23 and 42 seconds, push a button somewhere, just for the heck of it.

So happy Lost Day, guys.