The Beast Variations

[autographedcat]

Saw this this morning on rec.humor.funny.reruns. It made me grin.

$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
6, uh... what's that number again?	Number of the Blonde Beast
00666	Zip code of the Beast
1-900-666-6666	Live Beasts! One-on-one pacts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute. Over 18 only please.
Route 666	Highway of the Beast
666 F	Oven temperature for roast Beast
666k	Retirement plan of the Beast
6.66%	5 year CD interest rate at First Beast National Bank, $666 minimum deposit.
i66686	CPU of the Beast
666i	BMW of the Beast
DSM-666	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast
668	Next-door neighbor of the Beast

Comments

[poltr1]

There's rw-rw-rw-, the file protection scheme of the Beast.

And in case you don't already know, US route 666 got redesignated to US 491. :( Here's the Wikiedia entry.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, there's some evidence I've read recently that the number of the Beast isn't 666, but should be 616 instead. This amuses me greatly, since 666 is what has all the superstitions reaction, while the number 616 continues to be merrily applied to all manner of things.

http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/numero.htm

[grey-lady.livejournal.com]

Or, according to one Heinlein book, 6^6^6 (six to the power of six to the power of six). Which *isn't* a number I trip over regularly.

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

Which he misparses. He expands it as
(6^6)^6 = 46,656^6 ~= 1.03144E+28
whereas (in this universe, at least) exponentiation groups right-to-left, as
6^(6^6) = 6^46,656
which ... um, has about 36,305 digits.

Hey, '6' and '^' are on the same key!

The book, of course, is The Number of the Beast.

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

"the number 616 continues to be merrily applied to all manner of things"

Such as the main Marvel Comics continuity (such as it is).

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Don't know if you know this (you might, since you do read at least some comics), but in the Marvel multiverse of parallel Earths, the one on which most Marvel heroes live (the old one, not the Ultimate one) is designated Earth-616. Coincidence? I wonder...

[madfilkentist]

There's rw-rw-rw-, the file protection scheme of the Beast.

Also known as the Access of Evil.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

*groan* I love it! Well done!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[mdlbear]

Been using that in my .sig for years.