# Zip code of the beast revisited **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-code-of-the-beast-revisited/351701 "2006-04-07T11:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![d\_orloff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@d\_orloff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_orloff)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-code-of-the-beast-revisited/351701/1 "2006-04-07T11:57:05Z")
I was for thirteen years a proud resident of the real-world holder of the 78666 zip, namely San Marcos, Texas, or as I put it on my correspondence? “San Marc-o-the-Beast, Texas” And, naturally in these times, there is a segment of the local populace who’ve suddenly decided to petition the USPS for a change to a more acceptable set of digits… ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-code-of-the-beast-revisited/351701/2 "2006-04-07T12:10:39Z")
Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, **d\_orloff** , we’re glad to have you with us. When you start a thread, it’s helpful to other readers if you provide a link to the column or staff report under discussion. Saves search time, and keeps us all on the same page. In this case, [What’s up with 666, the ‘mark of the beast’?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/m666.html). No biggie, you’ll know for next time, and, as I say, glad to have you aboard. At least, I think we’re glad to have you aboard, as long as you leave your Beast at home. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-code-of-the-beast-revisited/351701/3 "2006-04-07T14:14:13Z")
[QUOTE=d\_orloff] I was for thirteen years a proud resident of the real-world holder of the 78666 zip, namely San Marcos, Texas, or as I put it on my correspondence? “San Marc-o-the-Beast, Texas” And, naturally in these times, there is a segment of the local populace who’ve suddenly decided to petition the USPS for a change to a more acceptable set of digits… [/QUOTE] Welcome to the board, do you think the USPS will accommodate the request? I love the “San Marc-o-the-Beast, Texas”. 😃 Jim ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-code-of-the-beast-revisited/351701/4 "2006-04-07T14:50:44Z")
Topeka KS zip codes begin with 666. Topeka, of course, is the home of Fred “God Hates Fags” Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-code-of-the-beast-revisited/351701/5 "2006-04-07T15:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=d\_orloff] I was for thirteen years a proud resident of the real-world holder of the 78666 zip, namely San Marcos, Texas, or as I put it on my correspondence? “San Marc-o-the-Beast, Texas” And, naturally in these times, there is a segment of the local populace who’ve suddenly decided to petition the USPS for a change to a more acceptable set of digits… [/QUOTE] Going to school at SWTSU (now TSU San Marcos), I used to love that zip code. I wish I had thought of the San Marc-o-the-Beast, Texas gag. I could have had soooo much fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![d\_orloff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@d\_orloff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_orloff)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zip-code-of-the-beast-revisited/351701/6 "2006-04-08T02:04:55Z")
Mea culpa! Would “the Devil made me do it” work as an excuse? Thanks! Dave