# Mark of the beast! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 2, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-of-the-beast/158494 "2003-03-02T00:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![petcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5fc32e/32.png) [@petcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petcat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-of-the-beast/158494/21 "2003-03-03T10:26:58Z")
Twice today it’ll be 03/03/03 3:33:33 - Is that half as bad? ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-of-the-beast/158494/22 "2003-03-03T11:24:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*Not intending to hijack the thread but, what superstitions relate to those numbers? \*\* [Hijacking further] 4, if spoken in the wrong “tone” in Chinese, can also mean “death”. 24 can mean “double death” for the Japanese. [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-of-the-beast/158494/23 "2003-03-03T15:21:54Z")
I once bought something and the price was $3.34. I gave the cashier a 10, and got $6.66 back! We laughed about it. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-of-the-beast/158494/24 "2003-03-03T16:41:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cajun Man \* > \*\*One of the most prestigious addresses in the West Village of New York City is 666 Greenwich Street. \*\* You could have provided a [link](http://www.nyu.edu/classes/finearts/nyc/westvil/archives.html) so we could see it. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-of-the-beast/158494/25 "2003-03-03T21:41:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by petcat \* > \*\*Twice today it’ll be 03/03/03 3:33:33 - Is that half as bad? \*\* Or good. I recieved a glurge mail from a cousin that said we should all make 3/3/3 etc. a day of national prayer because 3 represents the trinity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-of-the-beast/158494.md?page=1)