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666 Daily Number was nobody's fool April 1
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Wednesday, April 6, 2005
| Jennifer Bails
Posted on 04/06/2005 12:22:35 PM PDT by Willie Green
History buffs might have cracked a knowing smile on April Fools' Day when they saw the Daily Number -- 666.
The Book of Revelation calls it the "number of the beast," or the devil's mark.
Pennsylvanians, though, might remember 666 better as the number drawn by Pittsburgh broadcasting pioneer Nick Perry during the so-called "666 fix."
On April 24, 1980, more than 6 million viewers watched Perry pull up the infamous three-digit Daily Number during a statewide telecast from the WTAE-TV studio in Wilkinsburg.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 666; luckylotto; markofthebeast; nickperry
To: martin_fierro; xsmommy; mountaineer
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:24:00 PM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
And 6+6+6=18 - the minimum age to play the lottery - Coincidence? I think not!
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:27:00 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: Willie Green
That explains why Penn keeps electing Specter and the Santorum pact with the devil.
To: 2banana
Which is almost 19. And, we all know what that means.
Million-Man Math made easy!
To: Willie Green
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:30:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: 2banana
Well, 6+6-6= the age of boys michael jackson prefers.
Coincidence? Who can say for sure . . .
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:33:42 PM PDT
by
ruiner
To: 2banana
And check it out...
six million viewers.. AND - this is the freaky part - if you take the first initial and last name of the guy who pulled the numbers - there are
six letters!
Oooooooooooh it must be true!
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:33:45 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
("The Passion of the Opus" - 2 hours of a FReeper being crucified on his own self-pitying thread)
To: Willie Green
"The number "666" has hit 14 times in Pennsylvania Lottery history."
Well, then...it just goes to show you that playing the lottery is playing into Satan's hands. Ha!
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:37:08 PM PDT
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: thoughtomator
Nick hosted the
'million dollar movie'!
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:40:36 PM PDT
by
evets
(God bless President Bush and VP Cheney)
To: evets
And a million has six zeroes in it... eerie!
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:41:53 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
("The Passion of the Opus" - 2 hours of a FReeper being crucified on his own self-pitying thread)
To: Willie Green; aculeus; general_re
And as it happens, the devil is called "Old Nick."
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:44:30 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: thoughtomator
In Pittsburgh,
a hand with three sixes
is called a 'Nick Perry'.
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:47:57 PM PDT
by
evets
(God bless President Bush and VP Cheney)
To: dighton
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posted on
04/06/2005 12:49:51 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Standing athwart FR, yelling 'Stop!')
To: Willie Green
I remember seeing that number flash across the screen here in California. What was so bizarre was that 666 was the winning number on 6/6/1996
To: thoughtomator
Ooooooh...and the low income senior citizens who benefit from the proceeds of the lottery only pay SIX dollars for a prescription. Freaky, huh?
To: toothfairy86
Surely this can only mean the end of the world is nigh! Kumbayah!
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posted on
04/06/2005 2:38:45 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
("The Passion of the Opus" - 2 hours of a FReeper being crucified on his own self-pitying thread)
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