# The Number of the Beast... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812 "2010-03-25T23:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/41 "2013-04-04T02:39:45Z")
Reviving this zombie to report that I went to Walgreen this evening and picked up a bag of lavendar scented Epsom Salts. On a whim I also picked up two pieces of 50% off Easter candy. That whim, and sales tax, made my purchase come to $6.66. The cashier and I both had a good laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/42 "2013-04-04T03:48:46Z")
Should have picked up three six-packs of Old Milwaukee. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/43 "2013-04-04T08:12:52Z")
I am in charge of the internal phone system at work so I was sure to make the group number for our department “666”. Some people genuinely complained, but I made out I was just taking the next available number BWAH-HA-HA. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/44 "2013-04-04T15:01:15Z")
The zip code of the beast is 00666. [Cite](http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/666.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/45 "2013-04-04T17:51:43Z")
0666 used to be the manager login number for General Cinema on the registers. Moral of the story: let Lynn read when she’s working box office, because otherwise she WILL decide to make her own amusement. ---
**Author:** ![pipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipper)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/46 "2013-04-05T12:59:44Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I once bought a few items and the total came to $6.66. The cashier was horrified and tried to get mw to buy something else to changw the total. I refused and counted out six dollar bills, six dimes and six pennies and handed them to her. > > She was literally shaking, either from fright or being pissed off. Not to worry. The retail cost of the beast is actually $665.95 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/47 "2013-04-05T13:25:15Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > The zip code of the beast is 00666. > > [Cite](http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/666.htm) 1. [Cite](http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/westboro-baptist-church-topeka). ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/48 "2013-04-05T14:36:49Z")
The combination to my luggage lock is 666. This amuses my father; my mother… not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/49 "2013-04-05T20:05:33Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > 1. [Cite](http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/westboro-baptist-church-topeka). The problem with this being the number of the Beast is that it’s also _ **MY** _ zip code!:D;) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/50 "2013-04-05T23:29:00Z")
> [@ThisSpaceForRent](#): > > 867-5309 DAMN YOU! I wanted to do that. \ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812/51 "2013-04-05T23:53:10Z")
According to Heinlein, it’s 10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056. (This is (6[sup]6[/sup])[sup]6[/sup].) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-number-of-the-beast/533812.md?page=2)