Michael Byrne In Hell: San Francisco 666
SAN Francisco cabbie Michael Byrne claims his taxi medallion is making life hell. Byrne (pronounced burn) drives a cab with the number 666.According to The New York Times, legend has it that a few years ago–on a Good Friday, no less–cab no. 666 burst into flames for no apparent reason. The fire “wrecked the car but left the offending medallion untouched.”
Byrne says the Number of the Beast has only brought bad luck since it was assigned to him last year.
So he applied to the San Francisco taxi commission to replace the medallion with a less Satanic number: 1307.
At a half-hour hearing on Tuesday, taxi commission President Paul Gillespie, who had driven with the offending medallion in the past, seemed sympathetic. “People do bring a lot of bad energy in the cab, and if people want to talk about the number, then the driver has to talk about it,” he said.
But unfortunately for Byrne others were unmoved.
Thomas George-Williams, the head of the cab drivers union, appeared before the board with little red horns affixed to his head. “How dare you take Lucifer’s number away,” he said. “This is a serious issue.”
Meanwhile, commissioner Patricia Breslin wanted to know: “Where does it end?”
“I lived at a residence numbered 666, and I did not go over to the dark side,” she said.
At the end of the debate, the commissioners voted 5-1 to keep the medallion, leaving Byrne in purgatory and City Hall reporters to mull over the implications.
“When it was all over,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported, “the keenest minds at City Hall observed that the commission had discussed the matter for exactly 24 minutes (2 plus 4 equals 6) on the 24th of the month (2 plus 4 equals 6) in a meeting that began at half past 6 o’clock.”
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July 29th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
The Chinese lucky numbers are three and eight. Triple eight is considered the best of all. That is why those clever people at the gambling house 888.Com picked the name. 666 has a different meaning completely and you and your gwilo sources are not even close.
From your keyboard phrasing, it is clear you are who I think you are and the Frances Wickes supporter in her hour of need.
Please feel free to sneak off and join her in whatever damp spot she has chosen to slither now.
July 29th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
You know what, Gander/Slander, I really can’t be bothered to wait for your reply, so I’m out of this thread.
You have been shown to be someone who just delights in starting fights. You accuse everybody who posts of being somebody else, and you are just a nasty slimy piece of work.
But most of all, what started all this off, your contention that 666 is NOT a lucky number, and that anybody who suggests so is fair game for abuse and ridicule, has been shown to be a complete load of bollocks!
You’re just not worth the bother.
July 29th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Following on from chan’s remarks, here is a link
http://www.newsgd.com/culture/culturenews/200606090016.htm
the article describes how thousands of chinese couples got married on a specific day because they consider the number 666 very lucky indeed. If you google “chinese lucky numbers” or “lucky number 666″ or similar, you get loads of links to articles describing the chinese people’s love of 666.
In Chinese culture there are apparently many lucky numbers, 666 being prominent amongst them. So it is not just 3 and 8 that are lucky as Slander would have us believe. Looks like he won’t be correcting Wikipedia after all then!
He also said “I speak and understand both major Chinese dialects and I can tell you and your sources you are talking out of your rectum.”
Your reply will be very interesting Slander. (It will be nice to get an interesting post from him for a change folks!)
July 29th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
To any physically handicapped or disabled people who are reading this, and who may have taken any kind of offence at my remarks, I apologise unreservedly. I believe that I have explained satisfactorily that those comments of mine were not intended to convey my beliefs about the behaviour of disabled people in general, which was the deliberate misinterpretation of them by Slander.
I may be disabled at the end of this - since he seems intent on kicking my head in too!
July 29th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
You may have two of everything Slander, but you are disabled, and I should make allowances for that, and be more understanding and sympathetic. It’s your BRAIN that is disabled. Try enabling it before you make another post …
July 29th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Let’s get this straight about the disabled remark. The vast majority of disabled people bear their cross with great fortitude and they have my greatest admiration for doing so. However, there are always some people, whether they are disabled or have something else wrong in their life, who will seek to try to “get their own back” on society. When I made those remarks to you, they were addressed to you personally and specifically, they were not meant as a generalisation about all handicapped or disabled people, as well you know. I was simply trying to find out what makes you tick, why you are so bitter and cynical - and why you take so much pride in being so. To suggest that I believe that all disabled people would act like you do is just despicable. So typical of you though. You are the kind of street fighter who continues to put the boot in even when your victim is dead and gone - as with Chan.
So the definition of measured language now includes calling somebody a f***wit does it?
Of course I can reply to your “spat”, as you put it, with Chan. I can do that because I am interested in seeing fair play - something you may have difficulty understanding.
I didn’t suggest you should go head to head with the administrator, or have a row with him, I simply asked why you hadn’t responded, it smacked of cowardly behaviour. You are fond of branding others cowards aren’t you Slander.
July 29th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
My language is, as ever, measured Jimmy, my boy, or should that be Chan?
The last time I looked, I had two of everything and one where needed, so I’m not any more disabled than the average Joe. I’m sure those who are will regard very highly your opinion their possible handicaps may be reflected in alleged character flaws, temper and attitudes to life.
You should be reported under the UK Disablement Acts for such disparaging remarks.
Since no-one else would reply in such a studied way to a Gander - Chan spat I will assume you are indeed Chan (or who ever) operating under yet another name. Well done defending yourself. Brave man. Splendid effort.
I have no intention of going head to head with an Administrator or Moderator of this or any other forum. We shall have to assume he (See Forums) was the one who dealt so famously with Wickes when she did.
Good, so we’ll leave that sort of challenge to the Wickes’s and Chans shall we?
July 29th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Also Gander, why haven’t you responded to the Administrator, agw, who made those comments to you above. Is it because he/she is somebody you cannot bully?
July 29th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Gander what is wrong with you? You seem to be a very bitter and twisted individual. OK so you think chan isn’t their real name. So what. They perhaps chose that name in a spirit of fun because they were posting something about Chinese people. Whats the big deal? You are very negative and your hatred of this Frances Wickes person seems to be eating you up. If you have something very wrong in your life, or if you are disabled in some way, or whatever, then you have my sympathy, and I hope things work out for you. But it is wrong to bully complete strangers and throw your weight around using such foulmouthed language in an attempt to get back at society for whatever it is that is wrong in your life. Try to take a more positive attitude and your situation may improve.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Another Frances Wickes defender and supporter hiding behind the anonymous tag? Coward!
Your opinion is worthless from there.
July 29th, 2007 at 4:31 am
Ugh? You don’t make any sense, you retard!
July 28th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
Triads would have cut out his or her tongue for the 666 reference alone.
Chan and Wickes will live happily ever after.
For all I know, they are one and the same. Rot them both.
July 28th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Poor old Chan. Makes a light hearted comment and gets rewarded by being grabbed by the Triads.
July 28th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Wickes is not my leader, I am not her fellow traveller and I am not her dupe. I have nothing to do with her. YOU seem absolutely obsessed with her though.
I don’t have to tell you who I am. You haven’t told me who you are. Nobody tells anybody who they are on forums - not the ones I go on anyway.
Don’t tell me where to go and what to do. I’m going because I want to.
“If debate’s not your game, go and play in a kiddie class elsewhere”
You call what you do debating!!??
If anorak news is full of nutters like you I definitely won’t bother coming on here any more. Glad I found out.
July 28th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
Farewell. You do not like it when the boot’s on the other foot do you?
I told you; a shrinking violet…. and arsed or not, you peice of work, you still haven’t answered the vital question what and who are you?
Wickes, a fellow traveller or just a simple straightforward Wickes dupe?
Follow your leader out into the ether “”Chan” and take your multiple personna with you. I doubt you’d be missed.
If debate’s not your game, go and play in a kiddie class elsewhere ; more your proven style I think.
Administration:
Gander a word here I think. You are a powerful debater we are aware of that.
If as you say Chan is one of several personalities posted by an individual that is his or her right.
We have not asked you for your name to be as we both know it to be nor would we. The same privileges extend to all users and posters here until they overstep the mark.
The simple fact of life is the Administration decides what those boundaries are and will generally warn those who are getting too close. Frances Wicks was one. There have been others who are are less or not remarked upon for some reason.
As has been said elsewhere: Fight, kick and punch just don’t scratch each other’s eyes out or pull hair.
-agw
July 28th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
I have to go out now Gander. Missing you already ..
July 28th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Breaks loose!
July 28th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
My God - you do go on Gander! No, I haven’t attacked you, although you’ve given me plenty of reason to do so today with your nasty comments. I made some perfectly innocent comments here, quoting from what I thought was a reliable source, and suddenly all hell brakes lose!
“Want to take me on pally?”
“I am no shrinking violet but I rather suspect you may be.”
“It’s really all a question of what you sow you reap; you man or woman enough my precious?”
So macho Gander. Well I can’t be arsed - it really isn’t as important to me as it obviously is to you.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Because the information you are quoting here I know for a fact to be wrong and, or, misleading and, secondly, I recognise your keystroking to be that of someone much darker and more mysterious than “Chan”.
I am who I say I am. I do not post under any other byline or name.
Are You? Do You?
I am not a Moderator, I do not know any Moderators, I do not have their ear but I warmly applaud their insight and skill in weeding out the treacherous slimeball who was trying to ruin this site and I seem recognise your style as that of an infamous Wicks supporter. So why should I believe a single word from your keyboard?
Frances Wickes was a poisonous, devious and evil, personnae who skilfully duped you all. She caused havoc here and I think even you, if you are who you think you are, attacked me for daring to hold a differing opinion. Wickes had the good sense to keep her distance because I would have torn her to shreds. She squealed loudly and others defended her.
Care to challenge that one sport?
Want to take me on pally? Then step over into where the big boys and girls can be found in the Forums. But a word to the wise, there are the odd one or two fish in that pond with big pearly white teeth for small fry like you. They would see through you in a split second.
I am no shrinking violet but I rather suspect you may be.
It’s really all a question of what you sow you reap; you man or woman enough my precious?
July 28th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
I haven’t pretended to be “a clever chappie”. I simply looked up the number 666 and then quoted from what I found on Wikipedia.
I will bow to your superior knowledge, but you might want to correct the info on Wikepedia?
Why do you have to use such language and get so personal?
Lighten up. The article was written in a light-hearted vein, and now you’re trying to start a war with me? Why?
July 28th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
??? !!!
July 28th, 2007 at 10:39 am
I have lived in Hong Kong. I speak and understand both major Chinese dialects and I can tell you and your sources you are talking out of your rectum.
The Chinese triple lucky combination is 888, that is a fusion of three and eight; the combination 666 means something else altogether and since you are such a clever chappie I’ll leave it to you to find out.
Though I seriously doubt a pale-faced gwilo such as your good self would be trusted enough for the answer.
Unless of course you are that paid know-it-and-them-all, troublemaker Frances bloody Wickes back again.
In which case, crawl back into the Leeds midden you came from and I will point out I was the first here to spot you for the utter cow you are.
July 28th, 2007 at 10:27 am
“Lucky numbers are based on Chinese words that sound similar to other Chinese words. The numbers 6, 8, and 9 are believed to have auspicious meanings because their names sound similar to words that have positive meanings.
The number 6, pronounced “liu”, sounds like the word for “flowing”, “smooth” or “slippery” which can mean “everything goes smoothly”.
The number 666 is considered one of the luckiest numbers. It can be seen prominently in many shop windows across the country, and people there often pay extra to get a mobile phone number including this string of digits. Coincidentally, that number is considered to be demonic in Western culture, as it is the Number of the Beast.
License plate number AW6666 was bought for 272,000 yuan (US$34,000) in an auction by an anonymous bidder on behalf of a motorcycle dealership in Zengcheng, Guangzhou.”
July 28th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Gander - many thanks for your reasoned, articulate and polite response.
From Wikipedia - “In Chinese culture, 666 sounds a lot like the words ‘Things going smoothly’. It is considered one of the luckiest numbers in Chinese culture. It can be seen prominently in many shop windows across the country, and people there often pay extra to get a mobile phone number including this string of digits.”
I know Chinese people in the UK with 666 on their personal number plates.
Please try not to vent your spleen too much IF you reply, old chap.
July 28th, 2007 at 9:45 am
This shows what a total and utter ignorant git you are.
The Chinese would cut their throats rather than risk the numbers 6, 66 or 666.
The lucky numbers are 3 (that’s three f***wit) and 8 (that ’s eight you moronic poseur).
Chan?
No another white ghost disappearing up its own colon I think.
July 28th, 2007 at 9:26 am
For those who may not have realised what I meant, the number 666 is considered very lucky by Chinese people. San Francisco has a huge chinese population, including, presumably, many cabbies? Just a thought.
July 27th, 2007 at 7:52 am
Why doesn’t he just find a Chinese cabbie to swap cabs with?