# 666 is not the number of the beast. It's actually 591
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 25, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596 "2001-09-25T00:37:42Z")
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### Author:  [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2001, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596/21 "2001-09-26T07:50:11Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Tony Montana \*
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> > \*Originally posted by Dijon Warlock \*
> > \*\*[Waldo Faldo]
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> > “If Wink Martindale had married Dr. Bonk, then divorced him and married Robert Bork, he’d be Wink Bonk Bork.”
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> > [/Waldo Faldo] \*\*
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> if Bjork did the same she’d be Bjork Bonk Bork… \*\*
But if she ONLY had married Robert Bork, and named her daughter Bjork Jr., who every body gave a nickname to in the style of JFK Jr., she’d be the Swedish Chef: Bjork-Bjork Bork.
What was this thread about, again?
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### Author:  [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2001, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596/22 "2001-09-26T09:50:41Z")
I feel sorry for 667- the neighbour of the beast. That burning sulphur must really drive the property value down.
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596/23 "2001-09-26T12:51:02Z")
Then there’s 566: one block down from The Beast[sup]TM[/sup].
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596/24 "2001-09-26T20:17:59Z")
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> \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \*
> \*\*I feel sorry for 667- the neighbour of the beast. That burning sulphur must really drive the property value down. \*\*
Actually 66 **8** is the neighbor of the beast, 667 lives across the street ;).
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### Author:  [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596/25 "2001-09-26T20:43:14Z")
Everyone knows that we Lemurs can be just vicious…at least until we’ve had our morning cornflakes.
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### Author:  [@Rossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossarian)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-is-not-the-number-of-the-beast-its-actually-591/83596/26 "2001-09-26T21:45:45Z")
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> \*Originally posted by UncleBill \*
> \*\*On a related note, I went to Duke from 1984 to 1988, and all freshman took Chem 11 from a Dr. Bonk. (Yes, his real name. The course was also called Bonkistry and Bonk 11.) Dr. Bonk wrote his own textbooks and lab books, and on the cover was a series of three pressure gauges, one in hundreds, one in tenths, and on in single digits. The pressure indicated was, yup, you guessed it, 666 psi. Which explains my C-.
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> **Rossarian** , is it still like that? \*\*
Actually, Dr. Bonk’s illustrious career came to an end in May. I don’t remember what the final tally was for his years teaching Chem 11, but it was a bunch. Never took his class though. I was a poli sci major.
For you non-Dukies, Dr. Bonk is supposedly the professor in that old story about the students who party too much and miss an exam and then tell their teacher they had a flat tire… everyone’s heard it. No one’s ever confirmed it though. Maybe Cecil knows. 🙂
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