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From: andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 16:52:45 EST
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In article <9900400@uiucdcs> mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>I've seen this one suggested seriously: number the alphabet in multiples
>of 6 - a=6, b=12, c=18, etc. - then "computer" = 18+90+78+96+126+120+30+108 = 
>666. I think that this just goes to show that numerology can be used to prove
>anything.
>
>	Scott McEwan

Also "Kissinger" (66+54+114+114+54... = 666)!  I saw this one ~10 years ago in
a pamphlet handed to me by someone from a pseudo-religious cult.  Anyone have
any other examples?


AWR


PS:  OK, now a joke:  

A man went into a coma in 1959 and didn't come out of it until 10 years later.
He looked out the window of his hospital room and noticed that the flag was
flying at half-mast.

He asked a nurse "Why is the flag at half-mast?"
"Eisenhower just died."
"Dammit!  That means that S.O.B. Nixon is president!"


P2S:  About a month ago, I posted the infamous "Ronald Wilson Reagan == 666" to
net.music in response to a posting about supposedly Satanic rock band names
(e.g. KISS == "Kids In Satan's Service", AC/DC == "Anti Christ/Devil's Child").
Among the flames challenging me to "prove it" (count the letters yourself -
just be careful when you have to switch hands), I received a long, detailed
response pointing out that numerology consists of much more than counting
letters or even assigning values based on the order of letters in the English
alphabet.  (Many thanks to whoever you were; my reply was returned.)