# What’s up with 666, the “mark of the beast”? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [December 10, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658 "2019-12-10T18:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/1 "2019-12-10T18:16:04Z")
Sadly, many people forget that 6x6 is the lumber of the beast. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/2 "2019-12-10T18:25:26Z")
What column is this about? Edited to add: [Found it.](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2245/whats-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/3 "2019-12-10T19:06:03Z")
Coming to Fox this summer: Mark, of the beast. When Mark started working for the beast he didn’t realise what he was getting into. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/4 "2019-12-10T19:09:44Z")
Just what I saw In my old dreams were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me 'Cause in my dreams It’s always there The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair YEEEEEAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh …and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/5 "2019-12-10T21:23:25Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Sadly, many people forget that 6x6 is the lumber of the beast. I had to read this three times before realizing it was a bad pun. The “L” just didn’t register! And I’m usually a big fan of bad puns! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/6 "2019-12-10T21:55:12Z")
Actually it’s two 6’s and a 9. I was bluffing. ---
**Author:** ![Taesahnim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taesahnim/32/84_2.png) [@Taesahnim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taesahnim)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/7 "2019-12-10T23:01:30Z")
660: Approximate number 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 666 ^ (-1) : Imaginary number of the Beast 1010011010: Binary of the Beast 0000001010011010: Bitmap of the Beast 6, uh… what? : Number of the Blonde Beast 1-666: Area code of the 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. $665.95: Retail price of the Beast $699.25: Price of the Beast plust 5% state sales tax $769.95: Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul $656.66: Wal-Mart price of the Beast $646.66: Next week’s Wal-Mart price of the Beast Phillips 666: Gasoline of the Beast Route 666: Way of the Beast 666 F: Oven temperature for roast Beast 666k: Retirement plan of the Beast 666 mg: Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast 6.66%: 5-year CD interest rate at First Beast of Hell National Bank, $666 minimum deposit. Lotus 6-6-6: Spreadsheet of the Beast Word 6.66: Word Processor of the Beast i66686: CPU of the Beast 666i: BMW of the Beast DSM-666 (revised): Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast 668: Next door neighbor of the Beast 667: Prime Beast 999: Australian Beast Win666: Operating system of the Beast ---
**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 11, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/8 "2019-12-11T00:20:01Z")
333: Sign of the Semichrist ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/9 "2019-12-11T10:59:29Z")
perhaps NSFW: Hard core beastiality: sex sex sex ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/10 "2019-12-11T13:40:32Z")
Me cellphone number, without area code, contains five sixes, three of which are in a row. This has freaked a few people out. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/11 "2019-12-12T16:41:29Z")
What famous peoiple have three names, each six letters long? Can you add to this list: Narses Souren Pahlav, great ancient Shah of Persia Robert Warren Miller, duty-free shopping magnate Howard Robard Hughes, eccentric billionaire Marcus Junius Brutus, killed Julius Caesar Oswald Ernald Mosley, famous British fascist Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President of the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Deltree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Deltree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deltree)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/12 "2019-12-12T18:49:30Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Me cellphone number, without area code, contains five sixes, three of which are in a row. This has freaked a few people out. My Social Security number and bank account number both have three consecutive sixes. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-666-the-mark-of-the-beast/844658/13 "2019-12-12T18:53:25Z")
Jerrod Kushner recently sold 666 5th Avenue in New York. I’ve eaten at the restaurant there, and we referred to the building as Spook Central.