La. village drops 666 from its number

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

REEVES, La. -- It's taken 40 years, but this southwest Louisiana village no longer bears the mark of the beast.

Beginning this month, residents and businesses can change the first three digits of their phone numbers from 666 - depicted in the Bible as the mark of the beast - to 749.

Mayor Scott Walker said one of the biggest hangups he's had, both as mayor and as a lifelong resident of Reeves, is the reaction he's gotten when giving people his number. He describes it as a pause, followed by the admonition: "Y'all have to change that."

... "This boils down to, this is a very, very religious community," Walker said.

Read more: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1120ap_odd_666_exchange.html

[clspector]

1. Yay,

Stupid is still alive and well.

[Joe Bacon]

34. Another example of how Barnum was right

Never underestimate the stupidity of the American people.

[PittPoliSci]

2. ungrateful bastards.

I would pay good money to have that be my first 3 digits.

[tularetom]

3. Must not be any other problems there

If the biggest concern these dumshits have is their fuckin phone number.

[AndyTiedye]

4. Plenty of Business Would Like Those Numbers

They are easy to remember and easy to dial.

[Crunchy Frog]

5. I still have mine.

:evilgrin:

[Critters2]

6. My new bank account number has "666" in it.

One day, after I wrote a check (yeah, I'm one of those) a cashier at Farm and Fleet said to me "Doesn't that bother you?" Me:Doesn't what bother me? Her: That you've got 666 on your checks. That's Satan's number.

I hadn't really thought about it until then. I couldn't imagine anyone caring. I replied: Well, Satan may be upset, cuz it's my number now.

She was perplexed. So was I.

[Occulus]

12. You should have just innocently said,

"Whose? Satan? Who's that?"

:evilgrin:

[angrycarpenter]

7. lets just get rid of the number 6 altogether

Base 9 math isn't hard is it?

[davidinalameda]

8. so its stupid for these people to want to get rid of the 666

but it's okay for you all to make fun of them?

nice bit of tolerance

[Occulus]

13. Some people like to poke fun at those who believe in complete and total fantasy n/t

[Raine]

14. Yeah and apparently lots of people here

are either to young or have forgotten that our side like to place that number on Raygun when he was president "666 the mark of the beast". Raygun was considered to be the forerunner to the true evil (that's why the number was associated with him). It seems to have come true too when you see the real evil beast we now have as our "leader".

[shadowknows69]

18. Stupidity doesn't deserve tolerance

[jus_the_facts]

29. Stupidity isn't only tolerated it's...bred.... born.... and even taught.....

:think:

[LiberalFighter]

26. They are not tolerant of the number 666

[karlrschneider]

30. I fart in their general direction.

...

[MilesColtrane]

9. "La. village drops 666 from its number...

...opts for 665."

But...but..that's the number of the SemiChrist!

Missed it by THAT MUCH chief!

[balantz]

10. If a number has such signifigance to you

then perhaps it's better to leave it out in the open where you can keep an eye on it.

[Raine]

11. I wouldn't want that number

everytime I see it I think of Raygun cause that's what he was associated with "666 the mark of the beast" our side pointed that out about him. :evilfrown: You don't have to be a fundie to not want that satanic evil around you.x(

[DRoseDARs]

15. Except 666 apparently isn't the correct number, it's 616. n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

19. Isn't that the address of the Beast's next-door neighbor? (n/t)

[Tesha]

35. No, "668" is "The Neighbor of the Beast". (NT)

[rch35]

16. ha! id love to have that, just to piss off the fundies

it would make my day

[shadowknows69]

17. Why are some Christians afraid of everything?

Doesn't speak too well of their faith if they percieve God to be such a wuss all the time.

[Tesha]

36. Because their God is an almighty god...

...'cept for the fact that he can't actually
do anything and always needs money. Other than
that, he's pretty darned mighty.

Tesha

[knight_of_the_star]

43. I know tell me about it

At least I'm fully aware and accepting of the limitations of my Gods, kind of interesting that an almighty God is so weak.

[pattmarty]

20. I have only one question; who gives a fuck????????

[allisonthegreat]

33. agreed. n/t

[DUlover2909]

21. I'd sell my soul for that phone number prefix

if it wasn't already bought, paid for, and gift wrapped. All praise the great Demon Lord and Prince of Lies!

[balantz]

22. The carbon atom is the only element with 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons.

I've read that the number 666 has been associated with the number of a man, or the beast.

[Forrest Greene]

23. Ooga-Booga

Among the world's last great Medieval thinkers.

[Owl]

24. Utter silliness

[jayctravis]

25. I was once in a grocery store

And a woman showed me a package of hamburger where the price and weight had caused the price to be $6.66. This lady actually asked the butcher "what she should do". She was told that the store could discount the package by a penny to make it $6.65. This made the customer happy.

[LiberalFighter]

27. Would she had accepted the product if the sale price was $6.66

instead of $10.00?

What would she had done if the merchandise price was less than $6.66 but the price after tax was $6.66.

[sutz12]

31. Stupid Democrat...a good Republican would have charged a penny more. nt

[nealmhughes]

28. The so-called numerals of the beast are not "666" which is Indo-Arabic notation.

Said alleged beastly number was actually noted a series of Greek letters used before our modern system gained currency.

So one might claim that Triple 6 is the Number of the Beast, the good denizens ought to be safe, as it is not the Numeral of the Beast!

[KamaAina]

32. I had a 666 phone number for years as a child

so, for that matter, did half of Cockeysville, MD. The more saintly half had 667; later 628 would be added as well, for the agnostics, I guess. :sarcasm:

[dropkickpa]

37. Dude!

I WANT a 666 phone number!! That would be awesome!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. I'm so glad someone in this country has their priorities straight.

Next, we should exorcise the Capitol building.

[architect359]

39. A bit off topic but interesting side note...

This reminds me of the superstition that some in the building trade take seriously i.e. omitting the 13th floor label or making the floor literally uninhabitable (building support or similar). I've never seen one example personally but one of my professors mentioned that it was a client's request he had to comply with for one of his earlier projects.

People are interesting that way - the way it gets incorporated into one's culture / society and than expressed in different manners.

I've also heard stories where clients made it a point to change their address numbers if by chance it was 666.

In certain asian cultures, Feng Shui is a big thing that can determine placement and nature of building entries, or even planning layouts - all in the name of good / bad luck. I find it fascinating actually. Now that I'm thinking about it, I wonder if there has ever been a study or survey of building with these added "requirements" and how well or poorly they fared?

Didn't mean to hijack this thread but it seemed an interesting tangent as an aside topic.

[Kali]

40. reminds me of when AZ changed highway 666 to 191

191???WTF?

Anyway they tried to claim it wasn't because of superstitious nonsense but that it was actually a north south highway and should have had an odd number anyway.

My theory was they were tired of road sign theft.:rofl:

[Snarkturian Clone]

41. The one cool thing about living there and

they had to go and fuck it up.

[damntexdem]

42. UCSF used to have that prefix, but changed to 476 years ago.

What a shame!

Oh, well, just send mail to Topeka, KS -- and don't forget to put on the zip code!