Wikipedia says the evolution of our modern glyph for 6 appears rather simple when compared with that for the other numerals. Our modern 6 can be traced back to the Brahmins of India, who wrote it in one stroke like a cursive lowercase e rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
WHAT!!!!! That not what my post 126 says! I like post 126 better.
Wikipedia says six is the second smallest composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2 and 3. Since six equals the sum of these proper divisors, six is a perfect number.
So how can 666 be a bad number? Well think about it. 2 x 3 = 6. And that's good. But 222 x 333 = 666 and that's bad because there are a lot of other numbers missing. Where did they go? The devil took most of them. That's why it's the number of the beast. Well for Christians anyway. If your Chinese 6 is a lucky number so by default 666 is lucky times 3 (or times some other number).
Then there's your common Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia. This would come into play in bowling a lot. Picture five guys bowling and around the 6th or 7th frame the teams total score is suddenly 666. OH MY GOD! SOMEBODY THROW A BALL! QUICK! BEFORE SOMEBODY SEE'S 666 AND WE ALL DIE! You didn't know bowling could be so exciting did you?
But if you want to know about the end of the world, this conspiracy guy has put it all together for you. Or you can go here because this guy has a new doomsday date picked out. Dec 27th 2012. You'll have to buy the book to find out why. Better hurry. There's less than three years left to find out. (I need to write a book. About anything.)
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I thought 222x333=73,926? Oh, wait...this must be the "new math" that got me all discombobulated in grade school. Or maybe you get 666 when you use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. I don't know. I'll take the boobs over the numbers any day.
P.S. - my verification word is "smacho." What more can I say?
I guess if 222 x 333 = 666 then it's entirely possible that we really are less than 3 years away from Dec 27, 2012. Seems like it should be more, doesn't it?
Hey Mike! Looks like you're the numbers guy now :)
Another boob writing a doomsday book. It reminds me of all the boobs claiming themselves some sort of Messiah.
Mike, if you write a book, let it be about boobs. You've already done some great research
B - Yes, the number two. It's a good number.
G - Once the year 2000 came and went it opened up the field for new doomsday dates.
A - Nope, this only happen every 111 posts. The rest of the time it's all yours.
B - hmmmm .... Lots of pictures. The book will have lots and lots of pictures.
Confusion....I has it now
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