# Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians: the problem is you, not the 666 in the damn thing! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793 "2005-12-02T19:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/41 "2005-12-04T06:06:01Z")
A large cup of coffee and a pack of brand name cigarettes at the local 711 used to cost me $6.66, and it spooked out the woman behind the counter every single time. So, being the ass that I am, of course I made it a point to buy those two items and only those two items every chance I got. After a while the total started coming out a few cents more and I stopped seeing a reason to pay the extra bit for a pack of smokes at an overpriced 711 if it wasn’t going to give me a chuckle. I did try more than once to rationalize away her silly objections and requests that I buy a pack of gum, but that’s the thing about irrational fears… they’re stupid. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/42 "2005-12-04T06:08:58Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Along the same lines, we have no 13th Ave here in SF: 11th, 12th, Funston, 14th, 15th… :smack: > > We do have a 13th St, however. On John Mayer’s cd, “Room for Squares” the cd skips track 13. I’m sure that has nothing to do with anything, I just wanted to feel important. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/43 "2005-12-04T06:21:17Z")
> [@http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/d/dollarbill.htm](#): > > …13 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 13 stripes on our flag, 13 steps on the Pyramid, 13 letters in the Latin above, 13… Of course glurge being glurge, there are [56 signers of the Declaration of Independence](http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html). ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/44 "2005-12-05T19:14:08Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I worked with a woman who forced the phone company to change her mother’s phone number because it ended in 666. I can’t remember why this came up in conversation, but when it did I called her stupid to her face. I had the phone company ask if I was sure I wanted that number when I picked one ending in 666. I don’t care if my phone number has 666 in it, and I don’t want anyone who does care to be calling me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/45 "2005-12-05T19:23:08Z")
I’ve seen poker players fold trip 6s and blackjack players take an extra hit on 18 (666). Hey, it’s their money, but I’d rather them act stupid at the poker table so I can take it instead of the casino. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/46 "2005-12-05T21:49:14Z")
I’ve never understood this sort of paranoia. I’ve had 666 as part of a student ID for the last couple of years, and I haven’'t had anything bad happen to me yet. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/47 "2005-12-05T22:11:09Z")
> [@](#): > > …had anything bad happen to me yet hahah…I just had a picture of your next posting being under the userid “Head of PTA Quinn” ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/48 "2005-12-05T22:30:10Z")
> [@](#): > > …had anything bad happen to me yet hahah…I just had a picture of your next posting being under the userid “Head of PTA Quinn” ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/49 "2005-12-06T03:31:23Z")
Years ago 666 came up as the winner on one of those multistate Powerball things. I always thought that would make a good little Saturday Night Live sketch. First Guy: “You win too?” Second Guy: “Yes, the Dark Master has been very merciful.” ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/50 "2005-12-06T03:36:30Z")
Just a few… # $665.95 - Retail price of the Beast # $699.25 - Price of the Beast plus 5% sales tax # $769.95 - Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul # $656.66 - Walmart price of the Beast # 6, uh… what was that number again? - Number of the Blonde Beast # 00666 - Zip code of the Beast # 1-900-666-0666 - Live Beasts! One-on-one pacts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute. Over 18 only please # Route 666 - Highway of the Beast # 666 F - Oven temperature for roast Beast # 666k - Retirement plan of the Beast # 6.66 % - 5 year CD interest rate at First Beast National Bank, $666 minimum deposit # i66686 - CPU of the Beast # 666i - BMW of the Beast # DSM-666 - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast # 668 - Next-door neighbor of the Beast ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/51 "2005-12-06T03:36:36Z")
**The AntiChrist-Free Book.** is today’s featured Google ad. Does this mean I can get an Anti Christ for myself for free cause that would be sweet! or to make my life as I know it free of Anti Christ? I’m so confused. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/52 "2005-12-06T15:13:12Z")
I got $666 back from my state taxes one year. I was going around showing it to people. I’ve been on US 666 too, glad I got a picture when I did. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/53 "2005-12-06T15:22:41Z")
My pastor’s phone number is _ **-666-** _\*. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/54 "2005-12-06T15:37:52Z")
I had a day in which I had a bill of $6.66 at two places. The cashier at the second place didn’t understand my giggles. (I went home and wrote a short story about a guy who suddenly gets only 666 results no matter what he does. It was a message! Yeah, the story sucked.) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/55 "2005-12-06T18:41:41Z")
There is a motorcycle endurace race team that call themselves Army of Darkness. Their logo is two crossed pistons under a skull. They paint everything on the bike and head to toe flat black primer (because it’s dirt cheap.) The number on the bike is 666. They have friends that go to some of the races and their team name is Neighbor of the Beast with plate number 667. My racing friends set their pits up next to Army of Darkness once and I heard my friend tell this story. Sometime during the weekend they met a kindly old lady making sandwiches. When they introduced themselves she said she was the mother of one of the riders and she called herself The Mother of Darkness. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/56 "2005-12-06T20:15:45Z")
667 - Lives across the hall from the Beast. My checking account contains 666 in the number. I don’t write checks any more, so who cares what the number is? My mother’s church has been at 666 \ St. for decades. Apparently Methodists are too intelligent to be bothered with all of the 666 fears. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/57 "2005-12-07T02:15:05Z")
Two pages and still no one’s asked the only important question: is hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia _fear_ of the number 666, or is it bigoted and moronic hatred of those who never chose to have that number, because the choice wasn’t theirs to make, because it’s an orientation? If the latter, does it mean that the hexakosioihexekontahexaphobe secretly yearns for that number too? And if that, does it mean he (because research has proven that no women are hexakosioihexekontahexaphobes) is a liar, as well as a moron and an idiot…and a hexakosioihexekontahexaphobe? Which leads us logically to the most important question: can you be a hexakosioihexekontahexaphobe without being a Bush supporter? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/58 "2005-12-07T03:30:05Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > 667 - Lives across the hall from the Beast. I was in Room **656** at the Hilton last night, and I can assure you that I, too, lived across the hall from a beast. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/59 "2005-12-07T04:13:04Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > (because research has proven that no women are hexakosioihexekontahexaphobes) CITE? 😛😉 _Evil Duke_: Put them in the iron maiden. _Ted_: Iron Maiden? _Bill, Ted_: Excellent! [air guitar] _Evil Duke_: Execute them. _Bill, Ted_: Bogus! _This can’t go on I must inform the law Can this still be real or just some crazy dream but I feel drawn towards the evil chanting hordes they seem to mesmerise me…can’t avoid their eyes 666 the Number of the Beast 666 the one for you and me_ - Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793/60 "2005-12-07T04:43:35Z")
Just today I got some fast food, and the number the cash register said $6.66. I give the guy $10, he says “$6.65” and gives me $3.35 in change. I for one am not complaining. I got an extra penny! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hexakosioihexekontahexaphobians-the-problem-is-you-not-the-666-in-the-damn-thing/333793.md?page=4)