# 666 on tax form causes Christian worker to quit his job **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594 "2013-02-07T15:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/41 "2013-02-08T02:07:08Z")
> [@tristan](#): > > i used to work for one of the biggest payroll companies in the country. Small business services, specifically, for clients with usually 10 or less employees. > > We had calls from folks to change their client codes for both code “666” and code “jew”. > > We used a random assortment of 3 alpha-numerics, so we would occasionally see legit words. And, the, was, 123, etc, etc. Etc. Etc. …ass, cok, fuk… . ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/42 "2013-02-08T03:01:06Z")
Am I reading this wrong? > [@](#): > > The Bible calls 666 the “number of the beast,” and it’s often used as a symbol of the devil. Slonopas said that after getting the W-2, **he could either go to work or go to hell.** Shouldn’t that be “either **not** go to work or go to hell”? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/43 "2013-02-08T03:53:33Z")
In a nice twist on this, I can remember back in the eighties when there was a rumor going around that the antichrist would have six letters in each of his names. Guess who was supposed to be this antichrist? The conservative hero and saint Ronald Wilson Reagan. Don’t hear that story much anymore. Here’s a Jehovah’s Witness spin on 666. Since 7 represents the perfection of God’s creation, (seven days creation and all that) 6 represents imperfection. The number 6 repeated three times is only for emphasis. So all the number really means is really bad imperfection. Not that scary at all. Leave it to Witnesses to take all the drama out of fire and brimstone. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/44 "2013-02-08T05:20:38Z")
The end of the article: > [@](#): > > The company also wants to rehire him. > > “We’d love to have him back,” he said. For God’s sake, WHY? He’s more trouble than he can possibly be worth! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/45 "2013-02-08T05:24:00Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > In a nice twist on this, I can remember back in the eighties when there was a rumor going around that the antichrist would have six letters in each of his names. Guess who was supposed to be this antichrist? The conservative hero and saint Ronald Wilson Reagan. Don’t hear that story much anymore. It was worse than that, > **[Number of the beast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia)** > > The number of the beast (Koinē Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου, Arithmós toû thēríou) is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible, the number of the beast is six hundred sixty-six or χξϛ (in Greek numerals, χ represents 600, ξ represents 60 and ϛ represents 6). Papyrus 115 (which is the oldest preserved manuscript of the Revelation as of 2017\[update\]), as well as other ... > [@](#): > > A prominent example is Nancy and Ronald Reagan who, in 1979, when moving to their home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles, had its address—666 St. Cloud Road—changed to 668 St. Cloud Road.[5][6] 🙂 I already mentioned before a previous encounter I had, this time with customers that entertain that fear and superstition. > **[Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians: the problem is you, not the 666 in the damn...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347652)** > > Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. - Revelation 13:18 One thing I do understand: lots of people really do not know how to calculate. A few months ago I had a customer... ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/46 "2013-02-08T06:11:23Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Am I reading this wrong? > > Shouldn’t that be “either **not** go to work or go to hell”? Yeah but that doesn’t sound as cool. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/47 "2013-02-08T13:58:31Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > There was a true crime novel awhile back in which the loony serial killer protagonist bought some items at a store, then protested when the total came to $6.66. > > Occasionally when eating out, I’ll fill in $6.66 on the tip line. I haven’t yet had any born-again servers return the money. 🙂 This happened a couple of times when I was working at a convenience store. The customer usually just grabbed an impulse item from the counter and had me add that to the sale to change the total. A few years ago, Oklahoma put some question up for a state vote. The questions are given a number in order, and sure enough, this was State Question 666. The proponents tried to get the number changed to no avail, and the it lost resoundingly. I don’t remember what the proposal was, but it was innocuous. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/48 "2013-02-08T14:04:34Z")
When I was a lad we enjoyed driving on [Route 666, The Devil’s Highway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_491). Too good to last, they changed it to Route 491 after some deaths on the New Mexico portion (Not to mention constant sign theft). ---
**Author:** ![Neverending\_Elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/49 "2013-02-08T14:49:27Z")
> [@campp](#): > > Too good to last, they changed it to Route 491 after some deaths on the New Mexico portion. Did the name change lower the death rate? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/50 "2013-02-08T15:47:59Z")
> [@campp](#): > > When I was a lad we enjoyed driving on [Route 666, The Devil’s Highway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_491). Too good to last, they changed it to Route 491 after some deaths on the New Mexico portion (Not to mention constant sign theft). We [still have a Route 666](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Route_666) in Ohio. My dad lives right by it, actually. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/51 "2013-02-08T16:16:45Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#): > > Isn’t there some argument that it’s actually supposed to be 616 and not 666? Something about transliterating Nero’s name or somesuch. > > What would he do if he got a tax form with both 666 and 888, the supposed ‘number of Jesus’? Some texts have 616, the bulk have 666. The idea is that 616 is the Hebrew Gematria for NeRO KaeSaR but that 666 is for the alternate version NeRON KaeSaR. Btw, the 616 version has been known about for years & is often footnoted in modern translations. The breathlessly-reported news story a couple years ago about the radical new discovery of 616 wasn’t a surprise at all to anyone who even paid attention to such things. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/52 "2013-02-08T17:10:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > 666 Number of the beast > 668 Neighbor of the beast > 660 Approximate number of the beast > DCLXVI Roman numeral of the beast > 666.0000 Number of the high-precision beast > 0.666 Number of the millibeast > 1/666 Common denominator of the beast > 666[-/(-1)] Imaginary number of the beast > 1010011010 Binary number of the beast > 29A Hexidecimal number of the beast > -666 Negative number of the beast > 00666 Zip code of the beast > $665.95 Retail price of the beast > $699.25 Price of the beast plus 5% state sales tax > $769.95 Price of the beast with all accessories and replacements > $656.66 Wal-Mart price of the beast > $646.66 Next week’s Wal-Mart price of the beast > $333.00 After-Christmas sale price of the beast > $222.00 Going-out of business liquidation price of the beast > Phillips 666 Gasoline of the beast > Route 666 Way of the beast > 665 Older brother of the beast > 667 Younger brother of the beast > 666 UP Soft drink of the beast > 666lb cap Weight limit of the beast > 666 F Oven temperature for cooking roast “beast” > 666k Retirement plan of the beast > 666 mg Recommended minimum daily requirement of the beast > 6.66% 5-year CD rate at First Beast of Hell, $666 minimum deposit > 20/666 Vision of the beast > 1-800-666-6666 Toll-free number of the beast > 999 Australian number of the beast > 6"X 6"X 6" Lumber of the beast > 66.6 GHZ Computer processor of the beast > 666i BMW of the beast > 666-66-6666 Social security number of the beast > 6/6/66 Birth date of the beast > [666.AC.com](http://666.AC.com) URL of the beast > IAM 666 License plate number of the beast > Formula 666 All-purpose cleaner of the beast > 666 calories Diet of the beast > 969 Dyslexic number of the beast > WD-666 Spray lubricant of the beast > 66.6 MHz FM radio station of the beast > 666 KHz AM radio station of the beast > Chanel No. 666 The beast’s favorite perfume > 666% What the beast gives in his game Sicksicksick: the illness of the beast. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/53 "2013-02-08T17:12:48Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > We [still have a Route 666](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Route_666) in Ohio. My dad lives right by it, actually. I think you mean “lives _wrong_ by it.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/54 "2013-02-08T18:18:40Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > In a nice twist on this, I can remember back in the eighties when there was a rumor going around that the antichrist would have six letters in each of his names. Guess who was supposed to be this antichrist? The conservative hero and saint Ronald Wilson Reagan. Don’t hear that story much anymore. > > Here’s a Jehovah’s Witness spin on 666. Since 7 represents the perfection of God’s creation, (seven days creation and all that) 6 represents imperfection. The number 6 repeated three times is only for emphasis. So all the number really means is really bad imperfection. Not that scary at all. > > Leave it to Witnesses to take all the drama out of fire and brimstone. Is that take particular to the Witnesses? That’s how the numerology was explained to me in high school. 7 is perfection. 6 is imperfection. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/55 "2013-02-08T20:33:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I think you mean “lives _wrong_ by it.” Truer words have rarely been spoken. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/56 "2013-02-08T21:06:04Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > A few years ago, Oklahoma put some question up for a state vote. The questions are given a number in order, and sure enough, this was State Question 666. The proponents tried to get the number changed to no avail, and the it lost resoundingly. I don’t remember what the proposal was, but it was innocuous. Oh, you could do so much with that. Just think, put a proposal on a ballot to make gay marriage unconstitutional, and number it 666. The proposal is voted down and gay marriage is IN. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/57 "2013-02-08T21:37:21Z")
I’ve always gotten a good laugh at one of DMC’s bright red embroidery flosses being number-coded 666. Someone there has a sense of humor! > **[Amazon.com: DMC 117-666 Six Stranded Cotton Embroidery Floss, Bright Christmas...](https://www.amazon.com/DMC-117-666-Stranded-Embroidery-Christmas/dp/B003W0EFPQ)** > > Amazon.com: DMC 117-666 Six Stranded Cotton Embroidery Floss, Bright Christmas Red, 8.7-Yard : Arts, Crafts & Sewing And my boss still cracks up about an issue from one of my problem teams that turned up in row 666 on his spreadsheet. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/58 "2013-02-08T21:43:24Z")
I assume most of you have heard about Westboro Baptist Church, of “God hates fags” fame? Its address is 3701 SW 12th St Topeka, KS **666** 04, USA. Somehow seems appropriate! ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_Lenore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Silence\_Lenore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_Lenore)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/59 "2013-02-08T21:50:25Z")
My total at Trader Joe’s this morning was $6.66! The check out guy smiled and said to be careful driving home. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594/60 "2013-02-08T22:14:53Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > I saw a car in my neighborhood with the license plate 666 JHG, where the JHG are my initials. I was tempted to make an offer to buy the car then and there. In _blood_?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/666-on-tax-form-causes-christian-worker-to-quit-his-job/649594.md?page=4)