# The 6-6-06 babies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749 "2006-05-30T16:14:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 30, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/21 "2006-05-30T20:42:27Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] Coincidentally enough, I was wondering last night if 6/6/06 might be the date of another terrorost attack somewhere on the planet. Perhaps I shouldn’t even be poting this? [/QUOTE] Could be, but I doubt it. There was one July 7, 2005 (7-7-7[2+0+0+5=7] I would be more worried about August 8th, this year. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/22 "2006-05-30T23:32:33Z")
[QUOTE=c\_goat] Not to mention that 6/6/6 was almost 2000 years ago. 6/6/2006 is not demonic at all. [/QUOTE] There you go. Much ado about nothing, those rational people who were worrying can stop now. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/23 "2006-05-31T03:46:51Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Naming a kid Damian if born on 6/6/06 sounds cute now, but probably will not serve the child well in life. […] A Damian could end up getting picked on just for his name. [/QUOTE] Ffffft. Hardly. I knew two Damian’s in the seventies and eighties who were at the age that kids have to worry about being “picked on,” and it was no biggie for 'em. That was when the Omen movies were current, and it didn’t matter much on the schoolyard. This ill-conceived return of the franchise isn’t exactly going to shake the foundations of our society – by the time the kid is seven or eight, the awareness of the movie amongst the elementary school set is going to be even lower than it was for us. Damian is perfectly ordinary name. We don’t get worked up about calling kids “Jason” or “Freddy” because we think kindergarteners are up on slasher pics. (Although “Freddy” is unfortunate absent any film references.) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/24 "2006-05-31T04:04:40Z")
Let’s not forget all those unfortunate 6/9/69 babies who endured years of “boom-chicka-wow-wow” on the playground… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/25 "2006-05-31T04:14:39Z")
> [@](#): > > 6/6/2006 is not demonic at all. It is however, the [National Day of Slayer](http://www.nationaldayofslayer.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/26 "2006-05-31T05:18:03Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] (And yes, I would have named him Damien if he was born on his due date.) [/QUOTE] Aww, Dam would have been such an awesome nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/27 "2006-05-31T06:15:31Z")
[QUOTE=Duckster] she’s genuinely concerned about the numerology involved, The Sun reported Tuesday. [/QUOTE] I’d be more concerned that a woman this nutso is going to be raising a child! ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/28 "2006-05-31T07:02:17Z")
This is totally irrational. Of all the children who will be born on 6/6/6, what are the chances that \*yours \* will be the Antichrist? I mean, there’s only gonna be one Antichrist, right? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/29 "2006-05-31T07:14:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sophistry and Illusion] This is totally irrational. Of all the children who will be born on 6/6/6, what are the chances that \*yours \* will be the Antichrist? I mean, there’s only gonna be one Antichrist, right? [/QUOTE] Perhaps they’re all potential Antichrists and will have to fight it out like in _Highlander_. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/30 "2006-05-31T08:57:34Z")
Gozer the Gozarian is a good choice. Or Sta-Puft. Or Louis Tully. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/31 "2006-05-31T09:22:32Z")
Irrespective of the year, June 6 has always been bad karma. French dramatist Pierre Corneille (1606), English poet Sir Henry Newbolt (1862), Captain Robert Falcon Scott (1868), novelists Thomas Mann (1875) and R.C. Sherriff (1896) and composer Aram Khachaturyan (1903) were all born on this date. They are all dead now. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/32 "2006-05-31T09:46:42Z")
[QUOTE=Manatee] As somebody born on a 6th in 1966, I’ve got to say that there’s absolutely nothing to worry about. [/diabolical laughter] [/QUOTE] Yeah, you _would_ say that. What happened to that sweet day when I welcomed our new Manatee overlord? Oh, sorry, that was secret… everybody, that was just a little joke… ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/33 "2006-05-31T09:49:09Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] That is just the tip of the iceberg, my friend! [/QUOTE] Apropos icebergs, there has been writing in the Norwegian newspapers about this date, because they fear there will be a stampede amongst the “satanic” youth to start burning churches… :rolleyes: I guess they’ll refuse to sell matches to any youth dressed in black in the shops soon (giggle). Sorry for the derailing, please continue with the birth name thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749/34 "2006-05-31T19:49:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Let’s not forget all those unfortunate 6/9/69 babies who endured years of “boom-chicka-wow-wow” on the playground… hahahaha! Thanks for that, I rarely laugh out loud when reading something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-6-06-babies/358749.md?page=1)