# Fuck! I've missed the Post of the Beast! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215 "2002-07-03T16:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/1 "2002-07-03T16:52:53Z")
:mad: :smack: :mad: :smack: I’ve been looking forward to my 666th post for so long, and now I MISSED IT! Not that I’ve planned an unprecendeted feature for that remarkable post, but I would’ve found something neat, I’m sure. :smack: :mad: :smack: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Latte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Latte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latte)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/2 "2002-07-03T19:01:21Z")
You poor devil 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/3 "2002-07-03T21:52:02Z")
664: The neighbor of the beast. * * * Jesus was in a coma. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/4 "2002-07-03T23:23:34Z")
> [@](#): > > 664: The neighbor of the beast. I’m sure I’m missing something here. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/5 "2002-07-03T23:24:21Z")
Yes, you are. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/6 "2002-07-03T23:25:55Z")
Care to clue me in? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/7 "2002-07-03T23:28:39Z")
Hell, I passed 2000 sometime in the last couple of days and didn’t notice until about half an hour ago. Not as cool as 666, maybe, but wasn’t the world supposed to end in 2000? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/8 "2002-07-03T23:38:39Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/2bfe46/32.png) [@Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/9 "2002-07-04T00:53:30Z")
Then I’ll settle for one of your marvelous hand-jobs instead. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/10 "2002-07-04T01:47:50Z")
Haha…nah I am just joking with you hun. But the joke does lose a little bit when you have to explain it. “Mark of the beast” is 666, you get that, and house numbers go by two’s. 664-666. 664 is the neighbor of the beast. ---
**Author:** ![Argatha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Argatha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argatha)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/11 "2002-07-04T02:57:01Z")
You know it does lose something in the explaining.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/12 "2002-07-04T03:15:48Z")
I’m humbled that you chose to reply to my post as your first experience on the board. Welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/13 "2002-07-04T04:33:54Z")
I’ve been marking binary palindrome post counts so that later I’ll be able to guess post counts off dates. Yeah, I’m a geek, I know that. I just passed 1000110001 and I’m heading up on 1001001001. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/14 "2002-07-07T08:13:17Z")
Well, my reckless posting has gotten the better of me, and I went right past 1001001001 without noticing. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/15 "2002-07-07T09:21:28Z")
That really sucks, 'cause you could have slid in the Rush angle, too. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ive-missed-the-post-of-the-beast/117215/16 "2002-07-07T12:00:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*Haha…nah I am just joking with you hun. But the joke does lose a little bit when you have to explain it. “Mark of the beast” is 666, you get that, and house numbers go by two’s. 664-666. 664 is the neighbor of the beast. \*\* What makes the joke is to think of 666 as the “number” of the Beast, rather than the “mark”. This makes it more of a play on words (number vs. neighbor).