Gasoline of the beast
It’s pretty much a nonsense post, but I found it amusing, so why not bother the rest of humanity with it, right?
Last night I passed by the gas station to fill out my car’s tank.
The price of gasoline here has climbed to exactly 6.66 ILS per liter, which is what the display at the pump showed[1].
I passed my credit card in the pump, and entered my ID number. (A few years ago most pumps started to ask for ID numbers when you operate them yourself with a credit card. I have a hard time imagining a crime wave of people stealing credit cards only to rush to fill the gas tanks of their cars, but apparently that was imminent, as I can’t figure out another reason for this).
After the ID number the pump asked for my car’s license plate number. This is more recent, less than a year I think. Not all pumps on all gas stations do it, but the number is growing. In this case I think it’s not for crime prevention (it doesn’t stop you from entering whatever number you want), but rather to save work for people who need receipts for tax deductions. Previously you had to go to a worker at the station, and ask for a manual receipt, even if you filled the tank on your own. Something which wastes time and is quite bothersome.
I don’t tax-deduct my gas, so I don’t need my car’s license plate number on the receipt. And I don’t see any reason to give any more personal information than I really have to. So as a rule I just press the number “6″ once, and go with it[2].
And something happened to the keypad. This is a pump in a station, near my house, which I use a lot. And the keypad is usually clunky and unresponsive. But this night, I just gently touched the key, and it fired multiple time. First time this happened, in years. The result license plate number? “666″.
---- That’s 7 USD per gallon, with today’s exchange rate, just in case anyone is curious[back]
- I did mention that there’s no verification, right? “6″ is not a valid license plate number here, AFAIK[back]
September 7th, 2008 at 23:09 EET | Categories: Cars, Humour, Personal |
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February 21st, 2009 at 1:12
Hello,
Thought you might find this amusing! It’s a favorite of mine.
Subj: FWD: Numbers of the Beast
The NUMBERS of the Beast:
666 – Number of the Beast
668 – Neighbor 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 of the Beast
29A – Hexidecimal of the Beast
1-666 – Area code of the Beast
00666 – Zip code of the Beast
1-900-666-0666: Live Beasts! One-on-one pacts! Call Now! Only
$6.66/minute. Over 18 only please.
$665.95 – Retail price of the Beast
$699.25 – Price of the Beast plus 5% state sales tax
$769.95 – Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul
$656.66 – Wal*Mart price of the Beast
$646.66 – Next week’s Wal*Mart price of the Beast
Phillips 666 – Gasoline of the Beast
Route 666 – Way of the Beast
666 F – Oven temperature for roast Beast
666k – Retirement plan of the Beast
666 mg – Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast
6.66% – 5 year CD interest rate at First Beast of Hell National Bank,
$666 minimum deposit.
DSM-666 (revised) – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the Beast
Lotus 6-6-6 – Spreadsheet of the Beast
Word 6.66 – Word Processor of the Beast
i66686 – CPU of the Beast
666i – BMW of the Beast
666-66-6666 – Social Security Number of the Beast
666 666 – Clone of the Beast
999 – The Beast’s Higher Self
February 23rd, 2009 at 21:54
Hi Kayess,
Yes, I’ve seen this before. Quite amusing.
Thanks.
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May 14th, 2010 at 8:30
Such type of rules and regulations has to be there. Maybe you’re more determined to impress other people, even if it’s not so much about boasting as it is about having a satisfying sense of personal pride.
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:46
I think you should say about this keypad that it is not being working properly as instead of giving 6 numbers it is giving you 666. I think proper rule should be maintained and the unnecessary things should be removed.
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Sometimes rules and regulation should be maintained so that your work becomes easier. I don’t think that there is any problem if anything is done in favour to save work for the people.
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August 2nd, 2010 at 12:29
This is more recent, less than a year I think. Not all pumps on all gas stations do it, but the number is growing. In this case I think it’s not for crime prevention (it doesn’t stop you from entering whatever number you want), but rather to save work for people who need receipts for tax deductions. Previously you had to go to a worker at the station, and ask for a manual receipt, even if you filled the tank on your own. Something which wastes time and is quite bothersome.
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