Wedding couples rush for 666 date

[quaoar]

LOL. If I wasn't already married, I'd have to propose to someone just so I could get married on this date.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48182

Officials notice 'sinister' surge in June 6 bookings to tie knot

While June is traditionally a popular month for marriage ceremonies worldwide, officials in the Netherlands are noticing an unusual number of couples setting their wedding date for June 6, 2006, giving them an anniversary of 666, a number often associated with an end-time beast power of the Bible.

June 6 this year falls on a Tuesday, which is usually less busy for weddings than Saturdays and Sundays.

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While one explanation is that 666 would be an easy date to remember for anniversaries, others suggest a more sinister meaning.

For centuries, people have been intrigued by the number 666, the "number of the beast" from the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.

[WLKjr]

1. 060606? It's just a number 06062006 and so on n/t.

[quaoar]

2. Nah.

Those Dutch are just satanic.

[tcfrogs]

3. Sounds like an Onion headline

Don't think I'd be interested in being married on that date.

[quaoar]

5. Well

WorldNetDaily has a lot in common with The Onion.

[onehandle]

4. Well, it would make it easy for the husbands to remember. nt

[Ilsa]

7. That would have been good enough for my husband, but that's a really

bad date for me. I was raped on 06-06 years ago.

[bliss_eternal]

9. Ilsa

:hug: I'm sorry to hear this.

[Ilsa]

10. Hey, don't be. It's no sweat for me any more. But thanks.

You're a kindly sensitive person.

Once upon a time, I had PTSD, and then even after I got over that, I wouldn't notice immediately, but I'd start getting tense around early June, even without being conscious of the date. One year it wrecked my immune system so I caught a cold and didn't as well on a GRE, but my scores were still high enough to get into grad school.

Life has some really sucky times, doesn't it? Takes alot of courage and energy.

[bliss_eternal]

13. LOL! Yes it does--

so glad to hear that you successfully got through and past such a horrible experience.

[AnnieBW]

6. Marriage Is Hell?

Either that, or your Mother-In-Law is the Beast! :evilgrin:

[roguevalley]

8. actually, they believe the number of the beast is 616. there was a

problem in the translations.

[Ilsa]

11. Really? I hadn't heard about this. Very interesting. eom

[Moochy]

12. I'd heard he moved

He and the wife sold the old place to Cheney.

[Straight Shooter]

14. Actually, they should have married on June 6, 2004

Numerologically speaking, that's 6 + 6 + 6 (you add the year 2+0+0+4 = 6)

Why anyone would want to be married on D-Day is beyond me.

[stop the bleeding]

15. We are planning for 777 - He he he he

:party::evilgrin::rofl:

[Dr Fate]

16. This monkey's gone to heaven. n/t

n/t

[Cats Against Frist]

17. ooooo a Tuesday. If I'm not mistaken,

Damien, from "The Omen" movies was born on a Tuesday morning. June 6 at 6 a.m.

:scared:

[ghostsofgiants]

18. On a related note...

You're all invited to my Satan party that night.

[PittPoliSci]

19. count me in!

i'll supply extra blood.

sure...