Six-Six-Six: The Number Of The Beast (But Not This Woman’s Child, To The Extent That She Can Help It)
Some will go to great lengths to avoid even the appearance of Satan:
Posted: June 6th, 2006 | Filed under: Dude, That's So WeirdA Brooklyn woman says she was ready to go through hell to avoid delivering her son today — on the bedeviled date 6-6-6 — but fortunately, he was a little angel and arrived early.
“I’m not superstitious but I just didn’t want to put my kid through any teasing at school,” said Bela Ioffe, 25, who had even scheduled a C-section for yesterday to ensure that she wouldn’t give birth on a date associated with the devil and the Apocalypse.
Thank God she went into labor on her own at New York Hospital of Queens, the new mom said.
“My husband thought it would be cool [for the baby to be born today] — but he didn’t get his way,” Ioffe said.
The beaming mom said her husband has already jokingly dubbed their child “Little Devil” — although the baby will soon get a proper name straight from the Bible: Daniel.