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Brian Rogers Rogers Rabbits www.sunlive.co.nz |
Welcome to the 666th edition of The Weekend Sun, which as we pointed out on the cover, arrives also in our 13th year, on Friday the 13th.
It's an odd coincidence that all these numbers have stacked up. But here's some more meaningful numbers to ponder:
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It's fitting to celebrate 13 years and the 666th issue with you, in the knowledge we haven't sold our souls to achieve it.
A bit of luck on Black Friday? We don't think so. It's come after a hell of a lot of hard work and dedication from the staff, management and supporters of the Sun.
As they say, the devil is in the detail, and we've strived at every detail to bring you the best damned newspaper in the country.
'Luck has nothing to do with it” is one of the family mantras, and for those superstitious minds who think success comes from luck, we've got news for you…
Today we're thumbing our nose at the superstitious, and the non-believers, with this special 666 edition.
This edition has even been specially blessed by Reverend Sheryl Hogan as the paper came off the press.
Thanks to our readers and advertisers for your loyal support throughout the years and we look forward to many more – serving you with great reading, excellent advertising, and a dash of fun, from the centre of Tauranga at No.1 The Strand.
Your number's up
Meanwhile, for all you Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobiacs (scared of number 666) here's some more numbers, thanks to the US website 'Rapture Ready”.
666 - Number of the beast
668 - Neighbour of the beast
660 - Approximate number of the beast
DCLXVI - Roman numeral of the beast
666.0000 - Number of the high-precision beast
0.666 - Number of the millibeast
1/666 - Common denominator of the beast
666[-/(-1)] - Imaginary number of the beast
1010011010 - Binary number of the beast
-00666 - Zip code of the beast
$665.95 - Retail price of the beast
$769.95 - Price of the beast with all accessories and replacements
$656.66 - Wal-Mart price of the beast
$646.66 - Next week's Wal-Mart price $333.00 - After-Christmas sale price
$222.00 - Going-out of business liquidation price of the beast
Route 666 - Way of the beast
665 - Older brother of the beast
667 - Younger brother of the beast
666 UP - Soft drink of the beast
666 F - Oven temperature for cooking roast 'beast”
666mg - Recommended minimum daily requirement of the beast
20/666 - Vision of the beast
0800-666-6666 - Toll-free number of the beast
999 - Australian number of the beast
6”X 6”X 6” - Lumber of the beast
66.6 GHZ - Computer processor of the beast
666i - BMW of the beast
6/6/66 - Birth date of the beast
666.AC.com - URL of the beast
IAM 666 - Licence plate number of the beast
Formula 666 - All-purpose cleaner of the beast
666 calories - Diet of the beast
969 - Dyslexic number of the beast
WD-666 - Spray lubricant of the beast
66.6 MHz - FM radio station of the beast
666 KHz - AM radio station of the beast
Chanel No. 666 - The beast's favourite perfume
666% - What the beast gives in his game.
Wild sport week
Sir Cheat's team ran bawling from the playground. The same team that boasted they could sail in anything from 5 knots to 33. Run out of dodgy ways to get past TNZ? Throw in the towel and don't race at all.
Meanwhile, we weren't crying for Argentina. Sigmund slipped but it sure wasn't Freudian. A 64-year-old has swum from Cuba to Florida in 53 hours. Too good to be true?
And finally, a Japanese professor thinks Hide and Seek should be an Olympic sport. Oracle would be great at this, especially the part where they run and hide.
Cone zone
Thanks to readers for the response to the road cones comments last week, some on SunLive and some to this email.
Truck driver Malcolm bemoaned the signs everywhere about hi-viz rules and regulations, but reckons 'those bloody amber beacons” are worse.
This week we were alerted to a whole range of problems traffic cones have created around world, and some issues closer to home.
It is generally believed here at RR headquarters a road cone killed Moko. We have no proof of this, other than the fact Rogers insists his theory is the only plausible explanation for the famous dolphin's death.
The body found and first identified by Rogers, at Matakana Island a few years ago, had no marks on it.
The last reported sighting of Moko alive was him playing with surfers, with a traffic cone, off the Mount Beach. A cone fits perfectly over the snout of a dolphin and would have completely sealed off his blowhole, once his nose was pushed inside. Plausible? No-one's come up with any better explanation, so till they do, we blame the road cone.
Parting shot
Thanks to Anthony who writes:
'I read your article this afternoon, it amused me, I came out of my driveway this morning and spotted this. I drove past then stopped. Reversed and then took a photo. This is a practical joke that the car owner's mates did to him.
If you want to use this photo, make sure his number plate has been blanked out. I do not want any of these guys to get into trouble with the PC conehead Nazis...”