# 24 or 6 to 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [July 1, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955 "2008-07-01T19:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![peach1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@peach1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peach1000)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/1 "2008-07-01T19:47:06Z")
the ilumatti has all ways controlled the music business for a long time, they love putting their symbols, on all there works. As much as I love the song… 25 or 6 is 25 +26 =51, 5+1=6 again 6 2 for 4 is 2+4 =6 666 sorry this is not fun! I feel very bad as a musician, from a small child, that the same, had to sell their sole to satin, to get it done, what a bummer. [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m25or6to4.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m25or6to4.html) ---
**Author:** ![peach1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@peach1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peach1000)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/2 "2008-07-01T19:52:05Z")
the ilumatti has all ways controlled the music business for a long time, they love putting their symbols, on all there works. As much as I love the song… 25 or 6 is 25 +26 =51, 5+1=6 again 6 2 for 4 is 2+4 =6 666 sorry this is not fun! I feel very bad as a musician, from a small child, that the same, had to sell their sole to satin, to get it done, what a bummer. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/3 "2008-07-01T20:00:07Z")
[QUOTE=peach1000] had to sell their sole to satin, to get it done, what a bummer. [/QUOTE] Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/4 "2008-07-01T20:08:08Z")
They sell fish to fabric? Well, that makes about as much sense as the rest of it. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/5 "2008-07-01T20:17:04Z")
[QUOTE=peach1000] the ilumatti has all ways controlled the music business for a long time, they love putting their symbols, on all there works. As much as I love the song… 25 or 6 is 25 +26 =51, 5+1=6 again 6 2 for 4 is 2+4 =6 666 sorry this is not fun! I feel very bad as a musician, from a small child, that the same, had to sell their sole to satin, to get it done, what a bummer. [/QUOTE] Hmmm… If we take a=1, b=2, c=3… peach1000 = 1034 (P=16, e=5, etc + 1000) c = 3 e+a = 5+1= 6 h = 8 1034 - 368 = 666 :eek: Spawn of Satin, begone! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/6 "2008-07-01T20:18:54Z")
Think analog clock. It’s 3:35 or 3:34 in the morning. Do we keep going or call it a night and go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/7 "2008-07-01T20:21:45Z")
It’s not satin, of course. It’s satan. Which is an anagram for… SANTA! Beware the man in red! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/8 "2008-07-01T20:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > had to sell their sole to satin Sounds like a ballet shoe to me. In reference to your post: I don’t follow your thinking. Also: 666 is a perfectly normal number that will appear randomly in the world. If you believe otherwise, I cordially suggest that you have been misled. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/9 "2008-07-01T20:52:04Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, peach. I’ve merged the two identical threads you probably created by accident. The system has its hiccups from time to time. I’ve added a link to the staff report you’re commenting on. A link to the report is always appreciated. It keeps us all on the same page. You may also be interested in these other fine staff reports: [What’s the story on numerology?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mnumerology.html) and [What’s up with 666, the “mark of the beast”?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m666.html) ---
**Author:** ![critter42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@critter42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/critter42)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/10 "2008-07-02T07:03:13Z")
[QUOTE=peach1000] had to sell their sole to satin, to get it done, what a bummer. [/QUOTE] Wasn’t that pretty much a requirement for Pop acts in the 70s…I mean just **look** at some of those outfits… ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/11 "2008-07-07T21:24:06Z")
The Moody Blues wrote explicitly about Knights in the service of satin. Wake up, America! ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/12 "2008-07-07T22:45:40Z")
Why do we even bother fighting ignorance? It’s bliss anyway, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/13 "2008-07-07T23:07:09Z")
The band **Chicago** are the collective spawn of Satan? What? ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/14 "2008-07-07T23:37:04Z")
Well, Peter Cetera’s voice could become grating after a while. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/15 "2008-07-08T08:19:23Z")
[QUOTE=susan] 666 is a perfectly normal number that will appear randomly in the world. If you believe otherwise, I cordially suggest that you have been misled. [/QUOTE] By SATIN!!! ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/16 "2008-07-08T14:45:14Z")
[QUOTE=Vlad/Igor] Well, Peter Cetera’s voice could become grating after a while. [/QUOTE] And it explains the trombone player. God knows that he wasn’t _trying_ to stay in tune. He must have been playing to some strange occultish scale that was designed to drive anyone with a sense of intonation stark raving mad. (It also explains Kenny G, FWIW.) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/17 "2008-07-08T20:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=cornflakes] And it explains the trombone player. God knows that he wasn’t _trying_ to stay in tune. He must have been playing to some strange occultish scale that was designed to drive anyone with a sense of intonation stark raving mad. (It also explains Kenny G, FWIW.) [/QUOTE] Aha! :smack: That’s what it was! After three days of playing that thing over and over, my little brother ripped that Chicago 8-track out of his player. I heard him yell that the band was trying to misle him. “They’re tryin’ to misle me!” He beat the tape to death with a hammer, but I told him, “It’s too late, maaaan. You’re already misled.” ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/18 "2008-07-14T20:00:05Z")
All hail Satin! Prince of Fabulousness! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-or-6-to-4/454955/19 "2008-07-15T16:41:15Z")
I’ve been persueded. All my shoes are belong to de debbil.