Observations From Hadleyville: VARIATIONS ON THE 666 THEME

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

VARIATIONS ON THE 666 THEME

Okay, we all know that 666 is the "Number of the Beast," therefore:

665.999 - 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

6, uh... what was that number again? - Number of the Blond Beast

1-666 - Area code of the Beast

00666 - Zip code of the Beast

1-900-666-0666 - Live Beasts! One-on-one chat! Call Now! Only $6.666/minute. Over 18 only please

$665.95 - Retail price of the Beast

$699.25 - Price of the Beast plus 5% 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 - Highway of the Hip Beast

666F - Oven temperature for roast Beast

666k - Retirement plan of the Beast

666mg - Infernal Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast

6.66% - 5 year CD interest rate at First Beast of Hell National Bank ($666 minimum deposit required)

Lotus 6-6-6 - Spreadsheet of the Beast

Word 6.66 - Word processor of the Beast

i6686 - CPU of the Beast

666i - BMW of the Beast

DSM-666 (rev.)- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast

668 - Next door neighbor of the Beast

5 comments:

Eric said...: He he he...

The imaginary number of the beast would be 666 * square root of -1 not 666 to the power -1. Usually mathematicians just use 666ι. You can also write 666 * √-1 or 666 * sqrt(-1).

I know, I know ... it's a number. I probably lost you after "he he he".; January 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Kathleen Flynn said...: I think you have too much time on your hands. Maybe you could get a real job?; January 22, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Don the Baptist said...: ERIC: -GASP- You mean I got a NUMBER wrong?

Katt: "Work!?" (a la Maynard G. Krebbs.); January 22, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Unknown said...: Ha ha dad...i noticed the same thing...; January 22, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Kathleen Flynn said...: Don, you are an Artist, not a mathematician- for which NASA is very thankful.; January 23, 2009 at 9:38 AM

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