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Mark J. Marshall
Film God

Posts: 3188
From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002

posted 06-06-2006 11:21 PM

Somewhat timely, given today's date (er, actually, I guess technically it was yesterday's date now): 6/6/06.

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Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is a fear that originates in the belief that the Biblical verse Revelation 13:18 indicates that the number 666 is linked to Satan or the Anti-Christ. Outside the Christian faith, the phobia has been further popularized as a leitmotif in various horror films.

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobes avoid things related to the number 666, such as a building in which the number is prominently displayed. Rarer is trying to avoid the number as it relates to other numbers. For example, the fraction 2/3 has a repeating decimal of .666. (Note that in base 12, two-thirds is 0.8, and 0.666 is the fraction 6/11.) A severe hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic may avoid this as well as 5/3, 8/3, 11/3, etc. People with this phobia consider it bad luck to get 3 sixes in a hand of poker, even though this is usually quite a good hand.

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Jason M Miller
Master Film Handler

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From: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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posted 06-06-2006 11:57 PM

Ok, this post is really on the line with rule number 3, because I could really go into it, so I will answer with a simple one word answer....No

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
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posted 06-07-2006 12:33 AM

I don't see why it's a violation of #3, it's just stating some facts. Personally I think he posted it because of the humorous look of the super-long word in the title. I thought it was kinda funny myself.

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Rick Hunter
Master Film Handler

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From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: Feb 2003

posted 06-07-2006 01:12 AM

It might be a mouthful bit I can't pronounce it.

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Dieter Depypere
Master Film Handler

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From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria
Registered: May 2005

posted 06-07-2006 02:32 AM

A religious group claimed that the number "666" would occur in barcodes as three groups of two longer lines. Hilariously, the folder they printed contained a barcode [Razz]

. Anyway, I am not hexa...whatever.

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 06-07-2006 02:34 AM

quote: Jason M Miller
Ok, this post is really on the line with rule number 3, because I could really go into it, so I will answer with a simple one word answer....No

That's 30 words. [Razz]

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Dick Vaughan
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2000

posted 06-07-2006 02:38 AM

My step daughter's 18th birthday was yesterday 6/6/6 [Eek!]

If that's not a good enough reason to be a Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobe I don't know what is [Big Grin]

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Bruce McGee
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Asheville, NC USA... Nowhere in Particular.
Registered: Aug 1999

posted 06-07-2006 09:40 AM

I got a shot at the doctors office, and it went away.

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Mark J. Marshall
Film God

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From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002

posted 06-07-2006 10:39 AM

Wow, Mike & I agree on something! It's a mirac... uh, nevermind... I wouldn't want to get banned. [Razz]

I thought it was funny too, and you're right, Mike, that's why I posted it.

[beer]

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Floyd Justin Newton
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Registered: Jun 2002

posted 06-07-2006 10:52 AM

Hey Bruce, I got a shot, too, and mine went away also! [Wink]

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Steve Scott
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Minneapolis, MN
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 06-07-2006 11:31 AM

I'm glad there's an annoyingly long name for it [thumbsup]

666 equated to, "Kids! Wear your Hot Topic clothes today!" around here. Though, a friend of mine who works at a bookstore said there was a vampire lady doing a book signing [Smile]

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Mitchell Dvoskin
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: West Milford, NJ, USA
Registered: Jan 2001

posted 06-07-2006 01:37 PM

Actually, the date 6/6/6 took place 2000 years ago. Yesterday was 6/6/2006.

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Mark J. Marshall
Film God

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From: New Castle, DE, USA
Registered: Aug 2002

posted 06-07-2006 06:30 PM

Touché.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

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From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 06-07-2006 06:41 PM

Nope, But I've been told recently that I have a serious case of peaveyhexophobia........

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Phil Hill
I love my cootie bug

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From: Hollywood, CA USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 06-07-2006 06:59 PM

Mark, that's hilarious! True, but still really funny! [thumbsup]

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