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**freespiritz** · 06-05-2006, 04:39 PM

Anything's worth being commercialized I guess...ha. :P

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/party_in_hell

HELL, Mich. - They're planning a hot time in Hell on Tuesday. The day bears the date of 6-6-06, or abbreviated as 666 — a number that carries hellish significance. And there's not a snowball's chance in Hell that the day will go unnoticed in the 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.

Live entertainment and a costume contest are planned. The Gates of Hell should be installed at a children's play area in time for the festivities.

"They're 8 feet tall and 5 foot wide and each gate looks like flames, and when they're closed, it's a devil's head," Colone told The Detroit News for a Saturday story.

Mike "Smitty" Hickey, owner of the Dam Site Inn, wasn't sure what kind of clientele would show up Tuesday.

"We're all about having fun here. I don't think we're going to get the cult crowd, the devil worshippers or anything like that," said Hickey, whose bar's signature concoction is the Bloody Devil, a variant of the Bloody Mary.

Colone, meanwhile, has been in touch with radio stations as far away as San Diego and Seattle that are raffling off trips to Hell in honor of 6-6-6.

The 666 revelry is just the latest chapter in the town's storied history of publicity stunts, said Jason LeTeff, one of its 72 year-round residents — or, as the mayor calls them, Hellions or Hell-billies. But LeTeff wasn't particularly enthused.

"Now, here I am living in Hell, taking my kids to church and trying to teach them the right things and the town where we live is having a 6-6-6 party," he said.

According to the town's semiofficial Web site, there are two leading theories about how Hell got its name.

The first holds that a pair of German travelers stepped out of a stagecoach one sunny afternoon in the 1830s, and one said to the other, "So schoene hell" — roughly translated as, "So bright and beautiful." Their comments were overheard by some locals and the name stuck.

The second holds that George Reeves was asked after Michigan gained statehood what he thought the town he helped settle should be called, and reportedly replied, "I don't care, you can name it Hell if you want to." The name became official on Oct. 13, 1841.

**LostFarmboy** · 06-05-2006, 04:49 PM

It's actually already 6/6/06 for those of us in Oz. I actually saw the craziest thing today, it makes me believe in this 666 stuff. This morning a bright red/orange circle rose into the sky and the temperature around me increased, and is still increasing as we speak. It can only mean one thing - Satan is here!!!

.....or maybe it's just the sun

**Somnambulation** · 06-05-2006, 06:51 PM

Im psyched about the new Omen movie. I may go see it tomorrow.

**bluepea** · 06-05-2006, 06:55 PM

I was actually thinking of taking the drive to Hell... unfortunately Jake has to work. Dammit.

**juliagulia** · 06-05-2006, 08:05 PM

GO TO HELL!

oh, aren't I clever?

**worldwidemike** · 06-06-2006, 03:09 AM

Know what's really messed up? I'm reading this thread at 6:06 in the morning...

worldwidemike

**juliagulia** · 06-06-2006, 07:47 AM

....

AND YOURE THE SIXTH POST!!!

and when you get your member number, add 2 and 1, subtract from 9 and you have SIX!!

and you joined on 26- September 03. sept means 7 so 26-7-3. 6-2=4. 7+3=10. TEN MINUS FOUR EQUALS SIX!!

mike.... YOU are the Spawn of Satan!!!!!

edit: you know im bored as hell in journalism class when i actually look for sixes... Columbus, Ohio, USA didn't work....

**bluepea** · 06-06-2006, 09:04 AM

^^ I'm sure if you took the number place of the letters (ie c = 3) you could eventually find something.... If you're bored enough.

**TERI** · 06-06-2006, 09:10 AM

I actually woke up at 6am this morning for no reason. It was kinda creepy.

**Elizabeth** · 06-06-2006, 09:15 AM

Columbus, OH, founded in 1812

1+8 minus 1+2 = SIX!

Columbus' Combined Statistical Area population ranks 24th in the country.

2+4=SIX!

its all on wikipedia

**freespiritz** · 06-06-2006, 09:20 AM

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Originally posted by TERI@Jun 6 2006, 12:10 PM
I actually woke up at 6am this morning for no reason. It was kinda creepy.

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Actually, so did I - by a friend messaging me to wish me happy birthday :P

**omisan** · 06-06-2006, 10:16 AM

Yeah, too bad All Satan's Day was 5 days ago.

Don'tcha know? 616 is the *new* number of the beast!

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11134

thatgirlwholaughs · 06-06-2006, 10:21 AM

6+1+6=13!!!! oh no!!

**Joker** · 06-06-2006, 10:55 AM

http://www.nationaldayofslayer.org

:P

Let's see, anyone here watch Boondocks on Adult Swim?

"Ronald Wilson Reagan was the devil. All three of his names have 6 letters. Get it? 6-6-6!!"

**omisan** · 06-06-2006, 12:11 PM

**Joker** · 06-06-2006, 12:13 PM

With pleasure, Omi!!!

**omisan** · 06-06-2006, 12:21 PM

Dude, my fists are so sore already...

I dunno if my body can take this.

Punching out emo kids today, commuting by bike all week, beating down hippies during the Haight Street Festival on the weekend... I'm gonna need a spa day or something.

**Joker** · 06-06-2006, 12:23 PM

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Originally posted by omisan@Jun 6 2006, 12:21 PM
Dude, my fists are so sore already...

I dunno if my body can take this.

Punching out emo kids today, commuting by bike all week, beating down hippies during the Haight Street Festival on the weekend... I'm gonna need a spa day or something.

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Damn, dude, I feel kinda guilty. All I've done today is watch TV, get high, and procrastinate doing laundry. Don't worry, I'll go beat up an emo this evening just for you!

**LostFarmboy** · 06-06-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally posted by freespiritz@Jun 6 2006, 08:20 AM
Actually, so did I - by a friend messaging me to wish me happy birthday :P

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Your b'day is on 6/6!!! That's awsome!

**freespiritz** · 06-06-2006, 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by LostFarmboy@Jun 6 2006, 06:34 PM
Your b'day is on 6/6!!! That's awsome!

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Hehe, I used to get a lot of devillish comments about the triple six in my birthday - 06/06/86.