# Randi and the Beast

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 10, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148 "2007-08-10T15:56:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/1 "2007-08-10T15:56:52Z")

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Great piece in this weeks JREF column which bears repeating and spreading. (Some of these have been around a while but this is a good compilation)  
Numbers of the Beast

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> 666 = number of the Beast  
> 665 = older brother of the Beast  
> 660 = approximate number of the Beast  
> 66600 = zip code of the Beast  
> $665.95 = retail price of the Beast  
> DCLXVI = Roman numeral of the Beast  
> 666.0000 = Number of the High-Precision Beast  
> 0.666 = Number of the Millibeast  
> /666 = Beast Common Denominator  
> -666½ = Imaginary number of the Beast  
> 6.66e3 = Floating point Beast  
> 1010011010 = Binary number of the Beast  
> 6, uh . . . what was that number again? = Number of the Blonde Beast  
> 1-666 = Area code of the Beast  
> 666 mph = Speed limit of the Beast  
> $699.30 = Price of the Beast plus 5% state sales tax  
> $769.95 = Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul  
> $656.66 = Walmart price of the Beast  
> $646.66 = Next week’s Walmart price of the Beast  
> Phillips 666 = Gasoline of the Beast  
> Route 666 = Way of the Beast  
> 666 F = Oven temperature for roast Beast  
> 352 – Oven temperature for roast Beast in Europe  
> 666(k) = Retirement plan of the Beast  
> 666 mg = Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast  
> 6.66% = 5-yr CD interest rate at 1st Beast of Hell Nat. Bank, $666 min. deposit  
> $666/hr = Beast’s lawyer’s billing rate  
> Lotus 6-6-6 = Spreadsheet of the Beast  
> Word 6.66 = Word Processor of the Beast  
> i66686 = CPU of the Beast  
> 665.9997856 = Number of the Beast on a Pentium  
> 666i = BMW of the Beast  
> DSM-666 (revised) = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast  
> 1232 Octal, Apt. 29A = Beast’s hexed address  
> 668 = Next-door neighbor of the Beast  
> 333 = The semi-Christ

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**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:** [August 10, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/2 "2007-08-10T16:09:21Z")

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US-666 = highway of the beast

M666 = motorway of the beast

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/3 "2007-08-10T16:38:27Z")

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Shouldn’t √-666 be the Imaginary number of the Beast? (Not -666½)?

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/4 "2007-08-10T16:47:04Z")

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.666 - The batting average of the Beast  
999 - The number of the Australian Beast  
666-66-6666 - The Social Security number of the Beast

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/5 "2007-08-10T18:03:02Z")

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[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons]  
Shouldn’t √-666 be the Imaginary number of the Beast? (Not -666½)?  
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Probably a tyop for -666^1/2

Novocaine-666 – the number of the beast.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/6 "2007-08-10T18:20:06Z")

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[QUOTE=RealityChuck]  
Novocaine-666 – the number of the beast.  
[/QUOTE]  
That’s a two-beat guffaw, right there. 😃

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/7 "2007-08-10T18:30:06Z")

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668 – Next door neighbor of the beast

6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 – the beast sat on my keyboard

999 – the beast doing yoga

696969 – beast orgy

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**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/8 "2007-08-10T19:31:29Z")

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666.0221415 × 1023 - Avogadro’s number of the Beast  
661 - The prime number of the Beast  
667UP - The official beverage of the Beast  
Pennsylvania 666-5000 - The swing number of the Beast  
706 - The Beast before Slimfast, 666 - The Beast after Slimfast  
\_\_\_ - The unlisted number of the Beast

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/9 "2007-08-10T19:43:59Z")

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3X = 1998 : The Algebraic equation of the beast.

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**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randi-and-the-beast/415148/10 "2007-08-10T20:09:30Z")

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