I would just pretend i lost my glasses and couldn't read the tab, and make her say it. Then repeat it myself several times: "Oh, so it's SIX SIXTY SIX! Let me see if i got SIX SIXTY SIX... Oh there you are: SIX SIXTY SIX dollars. Good thing too it cost only SIX SIXTY SIX because all i had in my wallet was SIX SIXTY SIX dollars! Funny huh? On my way here, i saw the ground open up and and a foul odour and ungodly cries coming out of the bowels of the earth, along with the sound of hoofs and leathery wings flapping. Oh well, must be one of those days! Anyway, off to the Church of the Black Seal for my weekly devil worship..."

Not all things "666" are bad. For instance it takes 666 licks to get to the center of a "tootsie pop"

It's amazing that the same people who find numbers scary are some of the same people who vote for leaders who are responsible for truly frightening acts. I answered phones on a public television auction once and one of the items up for auction was #666. A gentleman called in and I happened to answer the phone. He only called to inform me that the item had that number to which I naivly replied, "yes we were laughing about it earlier", he promtly hung up. I'd never heard about 666 prior to the movie "The Omen", so not sure where it came from.

It's basically drawn from the Book of Revelation:

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six."

The Omen films certainly did give "666" an enduring spot in the lexicon of pop culture. But for those of us who listened to heavy metal in its heyday of the early 1980's, we'll never forget Vincent Price's spooky reading of a variation of the above passage which kicks off the legendary Iron Maiden track, "The Number of the Beast."

The Wikipedia entry for "666" includes some interesting facts on the significance of the number, including its purported origin in the Greek manuscripts.

I know it came from Nestorio NOT Revelations.....why you try to keep a great Spartan down

Wikipedia defines 666 as follows:
A colloquism from the Northern Greek village of Nestorio which was used to demean Lakedaemon's (Spartans - Southern Greeks) - which are my people.

As for Ronald (6) Wilson (6) Reagan (6)...anyone who has to Justify bombing "Communist" Grenada" to prove his manhood is plain nutz!!! In case anyone is wondering it was the Reagan administration that created the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and also "educated" one "O.B.L." in the Art of War

Also,
If you are looking for music to explain...In The Pixies song "Monkey Gone To Heaven" the lyrics state that "If man is 5...then the devil is 6...then God is 7" suggesting that man is represented as 555, the devil as 666, and God as 777. I guess that's why Boeing's new Dreamliner is the 777 not the 666.

Regard,
MadGrish

I have a beachouse in "Kill Devil Hills" NC it is on 666 Revelations...is this a bad thing?