Bottom Of The Barrel

Today is 06/06/06...

An email went around about a month ago stating that today's date of 06/06/06, which some have interpreted as 666, will never occur again. In reality it will never occur again in my life time. The next occurrence is June 6, 2106, which is only a 100 years from now, and it will occur ever 100 years after that till the end of time.

Now the number 666 is normally associated with "the mark of the beast" or as Revelations 13:18 states "Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six." Since this date has occurred 19 times since the beginning of the "time" and 4 since the adoption of the Gregorian calendar by the catholic church on Feburary 24, 1582, this date is not the sign of the apocalypse - just like Y2K wasn't.

Marketers have gone wild with the idea of 666, releasing movies such as The Omen and The Beast [which has been renamed], the start of Slayer's "Unholy Alliance Tour — Preaching to the Perverted" and the release of Ann Coulter's new book, "Godless: the Church of Liberalism", all out today.

All of that is good, but they have got nothing on Hell, Michigan, an unincorporated hamlet 60 miles west of Detroit. Nobody is more fired up than John Colone, the town's self-styled mayor and owner of a souvenir shop. "I've got `666' T-shirts and mugs. I'm only ordering 666 (of the items) so once they're gone, that's it," said Colone, also known as Odum Plenty. "Everyone who comes will get a letter of authenticity saying you've celebrated June 6, 2006, in Hell." Most of Colone's wares will sell for $6.66, including deeds to one square inch of Hell. Now that's marketing!

posted by TheWino @ 10:17 AM