# Day of the Beast **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535 "2006-06-05T21:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/1 "2006-06-05T21:06:38Z")
6/6/6 – the Day of the Beast – has already started in Australia and most of Asia, and will hit where I am in about 7 hours. So, what are Dopers’ plans for June 6th, 2006, this beastly day? ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/2 "2006-06-05T21:21:25Z")
I’m planning on the usual - pentagrams cut into the lawn, sacrificing small animals, walking about with my head on backwards, that type of thing. Maybe some innocent-virgin killing later in the day, but only if I can convince the local undeads to stop by. That reminds me, I’d better stock up on brains tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/3 "2006-06-05T21:46:14Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > So, what are Dopers’ plans for June 6th, 2006, this beastly day? 1. Draw me a [pentacle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374183). 2. Scuff a hole in it. 3. Summon a demon. 4. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/4 "2006-06-05T21:47:52Z")
:eek: Maybe it’ll be like Y2K and the whole world will come to a crashing halt… oh wait… that didn’t happen. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/5 "2006-06-05T22:03:05Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > :eek: Maybe it’ll be like Y2K and the whole world will come to a crashing halt… oh wait… that didn’t happen. Nevermind. I once predicted the end of the world. I calculated 6,000 years from the time of creation (as acording to Bishop Ussher) – I calculated October 16, 1997, though I see that using a similar methodology [Stephen Jay Gould predicted October 23, 1997.](http://daveola.com/Pages/World_Birthday_Party/NYTimes.html) Fortunately, my prediction proved to be false. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/6 "2006-06-05T22:10:45Z")
Tuesday is the day new books are released, so I’ll be constructing massive pyramids of _The Terrorist_ by John Updike and _Godless_ by Anne Coulter. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/7 "2006-06-05T22:40:15Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Tuesday is the day new books are released, so I’ll be constructing massive pyramids of _The Terrorist_ by John Updike and _Godless_ by Anne Coulter. Will there be exactly 666 books in each pyramid? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/8 "2006-06-05T22:43:51Z")
Nothing special planned here. Just my usual Tuesday routine; going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/9 "2006-06-05T23:04:54Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Will there be exactly 666 books in each pyramid? Just one of them. Cause, you know, Hell hath no fury like the minions of John Updike. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/10 "2006-06-05T23:06:28Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > . So, what are Dopers’ plans for June 6th, 2006, this beastly day? Turn 38. ::imagine a smiley with a party hat here:: ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/11 "2006-06-05T23:06:38Z")
I’ll be taking the occasion to engage in wanton sin, blasphemy, and other affronts to the Lord. Not because it’s 6/6/06, but because it’s Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping\_mud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@sleeping\_mud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping_mud)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/12 "2006-06-05T23:13:53Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Maybe some innocent-virgin killing later in the day, > > That reminds me, I’d better stock up on brains tonight. Good luck finding either of those 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:** [June 6, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/13 "2006-06-06T01:41:13Z")
According to the earliest known written version of biblical text, the number of the beast is actually 616. So this is all moot. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/14 "2006-06-06T01:50:50Z")
Since June 6 is also the date of the beginning of Operation Overlord (sometimes referred to as D-Day), I’ll be watching some movies about World War II and celebrating our kicking the ass of that other devil- the one with the funny mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/15 "2006-06-06T01:55:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > According to the earliest known written version of biblical text, the number of the beast is actually 616. So this is all moot. Spoilsport. Now what am I going to do with all of these goats? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/16 "2006-06-06T02:03:04Z")
So, I’m using a spoiler box. . . . . … [spoiler]One of my friends is having an army kill every baby born close to the right time and place. If they miss the kid, I’ll wait for about forty years. After the kid reveals himself, I’ll betray him with a kiss. Another pal will deny him three times. Some rabbis will condemn him in a sham trial. Then, we’ll have an Italian nail the guy up between two thieves. It just seems like the right thing to do.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/17 "2006-06-06T02:10:54Z")
I’ll be studying. But I’ll make sure to do it more evilly than usual, for the occasion. With frowny eyebrows and all. Maybe I’ll just randomly hiss at people who annoy me. That could be sort of fun. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/18 "2006-06-06T02:19:41Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > 6/6/6 – the Day of the Beast – has already started in Australia and most of Asia, and will hit where I am in about 7 hours. So, what are Dopers’ plans for June 6th, 2006, this beastly day? Well, I’ve got 3 finals to administer. So it could indeed be a hellish day. Matter of fact, I’d bet on it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/19 "2006-06-06T02:50:09Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > I once predicted the end of the world. I calculated 6,000 years from the time of creation (as acording to Bishop Ussher) – I calculated October 16, 1997, though I see that using a similar methodology [Stephen Jay Gould predicted October 23, 1997.](http://daveola.com/Pages/World_Birthday_Party/NYTimes.html) > > Fortunately, my prediction proved to be false. I always thought the predicted date was August 29, 1997? ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535/20 "2006-06-06T04:44:48Z")
Well…I would be wishing my step-son a happy twentieth birthday, but he’s in Iraq disarming IEDs and it’s sort of hard to get him on the phone. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/day-of-the-beast/359535.md?page=2)