Should department agree to change Mark of the beast PPS Number ?

Mr Sea Wolf · 05-02-2016 4:46pm #1

An Nigerian woman based in limerick wants her babies pps number changed on religious grounds because it contains the numbers 666, however Joan Burtons department is refusing to do this.

Gatling · 05-02-2016 4:49pm

Allah akbar

smash · 05-02-2016 4:49pm

Good. They should tell her to cop on.

Also, I hope the child is called Damien.

frag420 · 05-02-2016 4:51pm

Cant believe I am saying this but...........I eh...........I agree with Joan Burton!!

Right I'm of to have a domestos shower, I feel dirty after saying that!!!

In hindsight maybe I should have gone unreg for this post..........

The_Valeyard · 05-02-2016 4:52pm

Think we already have a thread on this?

05-02-2016 4:55pm

What's the problem with changing it? Ask them to pay a fee. Sorted.

DamagedTrax · 05-02-2016 4:57pm

Tell her its fine.

Despite popular belief in modern christianity, 666 isn't actually the number of the beast. 777 is.

osarusan · 05-02-2016 4:58pm

Mr Sea Wolf wrote: »

An Nigerian woman based in limerick

Where did you hear she is Nigerian?

Trent Houseboat · 05-02-2016 4:58pm

I'm surprised they haven't changed it already.
All car registrations were changed because some people might not want to drive a car with the number 13 on it.

smash · 05-02-2016 4:59pm

Deleted User wrote: »

What's the problem with changing it? Ask them to pay a fee. Sorted.

They should offer her a new style pps number. He can be 152-LK-666 instead.

fleet_admiral · 05-02-2016 4:59pm

I wonder how many buggies she has left at the bus stop?

Riskymove · 05-02-2016 5:00pm

Don't forget that the State introduced a new Car Reg as superstitious people wouldn't buy a 13 Reg!!

eeguy · 05-02-2016 5:02pm

Yep they should have.

She makes a complaint, someone on the dept. presses a few keys on the computer, issues a new number, boom it's done.

No story, no controversy.

Del2005 · 05-02-2016 5:03pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What's the problem with changing it? Ask them to pay a fee. Sorted.

There's plenty of other numbers people have superstitious fears of. Should we remove all chances of 13 or 17?

There's also the fact that the number of the made up beast isn't 666, it was a mistranslation. No one actually knows what the number is so the only way to be sure that you don't get the number of the beast is to have every number 666.

endacl · 05-02-2016 5:05pm

Change it to 667. The neighbour of the beast.

valoren · 05-02-2016 5:05pm

I'd say if they won the Power ball with 6, 66 in the winning numbers, they'd want it changed too!

Gatling · 05-02-2016 5:06pm

eeguy wrote: »

Yep they should have.

She makes a complaint, someone on the dept. presses a few keys on the computer, issues a new number, boom it's done.

No story, no controversy.

But why should they

whisky_galore · 05-02-2016 5:10pm

eeguy wrote: »

Yep they should have.

She makes a complaint, someone on the dept. presses a few keys on the computer, issues a new number, boom it's done.

No story, no controversy.

Shouldn't have to, they do it for one and next thing they'll have to do it for everyone who either doesn't like the number they get or wants their lucky Lotto numbers put in.

Easca Peasca · 05-02-2016 5:10pm

No way. Making an allowance like that would open the door for every other kind of pedantic request.

adamstown1 · 05-02-2016 5:17pm

Coming over here and changing our numbers...

Mr. CooL ICE · 05-02-2016 5:19pm

666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 2016

:eek:

Skylinehead · 05-02-2016 5:21pm

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 2016

:eek:

Not enough 6

666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 x (6 / 6) = 2016

RadiationKing · 05-02-2016 5:24pm

Gatling wrote: »

Allah akbar

What has this got to do with Islam?

valoren · 05-02-2016 5:24pm

Stupid sixy numbers!

josip · 05-02-2016 5:24pm

Trent Houseboat wrote: »

I'm surprised they haven't changed it already.
All car registrations were changed because some people might not want to drive a car with the number 13 on it.

Riskymove wrote: »

Don't forget that the State introduced a new Car Reg as superstitious people wouldn't buy a 13 Reg!!

I thought they changed the car numbering scheme after intensive lobbying by SIMI to have 2 "new car" periods in a year to try to increase sales?

Ken. · 05-02-2016 5:25pm

If the child's pps was just the number 666 on its own I'd understand but most peoples are a 7 or 8 digit number so most likely its 12346667. Thats not the number of the beast, that's the number 12,346,667. I can understand people not wanting 13 in their reg plate either at the start or end but if the reg was 00ke751345 and you wanted it changed cause the number 1 and 3 are beside each other then you'd be quite rightly laughed at by me till my throat was red raw.

Should change the number to 25.806975 and see if the mother cops it.

diomed · 05-02-2016 5:26pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOdjCb4LwQY

RadiationKing · 05-02-2016 5:31pm

josip wrote: »

I thought they changed the car numbering scheme after intensive lobbying by SIMI to have 2 "new car" periods in a year to try to increase sales?

That was the cover story the lizard people sold us.

FallSilently · 05-02-2016 5:35pm

When I worked in the bank we had a customer who wanted a new account number because hers contained 666. We did it out of sheer amusement.

4068ac1elhodqr · 05-02-2016 5:35pm

Auction it off to someone else, perhaps of Chinese descent where 666 can mean "everything goes smoothly". Or to fans of Kabbalistic Judaism, 666 is the number which represents the creation and perfection of the world.

Tell her also to avoid roulette establishments (it's the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel) 0 through 36.
Offer her the binary alternative: 1010011010(2).
Then send her to the medics for hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

Cookie_Dough · 05-02-2016 5:35pm

It's more ridiculous that Willie O'Dea thought it was something that merited being brought to the Dail for debate/discussion. The country has plenty more pressing problems that could be up for discussion.

Completely ridiculous request IMO. It's the one and only time I will agree with Joan Burton.

4068ac1elhodqr · 05-02-2016 5:36pm

Auction it off to someone else, perhaps of Chinese descent where 666 can mean "everything goes smoothly". Or to fans of Kabbalistic Judaism, 666 is the number which represents the creation and perfection of the world.

Tell her also to avoid roulette establishments (it's the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel) 0 through 36.
Offer her the binary alternative: 1010011010(2).
Then send her to the medics for hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia.

Mesrine65 · 05-02-2016 5:40pm

666 is not the number of the beast, she lives in Fingal & I deleted her number from my phone when I finished with her.

cowboyBuilder · 05-02-2016 5:42pm

I hope they stick with the NO, superstitious nonsense is given too much attention.

Im still fuming over the ridiculous 13X plate system that has now carried on ... what a joke!!!

wendell borton · 05-02-2016 5:47pm

"Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
Because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number,
Its number is Six hundred and sixty six."

Ruu · 05-02-2016 5:48pm

should make it all 6s.

Fratton Fred · 05-02-2016 5:51pm

osarusan wrote: »

Where did you hear she is Nigerian?

And what relevance is it.

eeguy · 05-02-2016 5:56pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Shouldn't have to, they do it for one and next thing they'll have to do it for everyone who either doesn't like the number they get or wants their lucky Lotto numbers put in.

Sure what does it matter.
They generate hundreds of pps numbers every day

How hard can it be to change one number. They should do it because they can and it's probably easy.

RayCon · 05-02-2016 5:56pm

wendell borton wrote: »

"Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea, for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
Because he knows the time is short...
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
For it is a human number,
Its number is Six hundred and sixty six."

"I left alone, my mind was blank.
I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind.
What did I see?
Can I believe that what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy.
Just what I saw in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me?
'Cause in my dreams it's always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair"

:cool:

Chain Smoker · 05-02-2016 5:58pm

Mildly surprised the system for generating the numbers doesnt ensure any remotely objectionable sequence can't come up

whisky_galore · 05-02-2016 6:00pm

eeguy wrote: »

Sure what does it matter.
They generate hundreds of pps numbers every day

How hard can it be to change one number. They should do it because they can and it's probably easy.

Because it creates a precedent and idiots may want designer numbers for all sorts of reasons.

Kindly fuck off, take your allocated number same as the rest of us and like it.

ohnonotgmail · 05-02-2016 6:02pm

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Mildly surprised the system for generating the numbers doesnt ensure any remotely objectionable sequence can't come up

why would it? its a number. it has no meaning. numbers are not objectionable. people thinking a number having special significance on the other hand is objectionable.

The Raptor · 05-02-2016 6:08pm

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

666 + 666 + 666 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 2016

:eek:

Did anyone else use a calculator after reading this?

Chain Smoker · 05-02-2016 6:08pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

why would it? its a number. it has no meaning. numbers are not objectionable. people thinking a number having special significance on the other hand is objectionable.

Because it'd be **** all work and would save someone a lot of time from having to deal with some idiot like this.

ohnonotgmail · 05-02-2016 6:10pm

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Because it'd be **** all work and would save someone a lot of time from having to deal with some idiot like this.

but there is a much better way to save someone a lot of time from having to deal with an idiot like this;Just ignore them.

my friend · 05-02-2016 6:10pm

Mr Sea Wolf wrote: »

An Nigerian woman based in limerick wants her babies pps number changed on religious grounds because it contains the numbers 666, however Joan Burtons department is refusing to do this.

Tell her to use one of the other numbers she has for them

eeguy · 05-02-2016 6:12pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Because it creates a precedent and idiots may want designer numbers for all sorts of reasons.

Kindly fuck off, take your allocated number same as the rest of us and like it.

Why would it be a problem? Sure it doesn't matter what your PPS number is. It's just a mostly unique series of numbers and a letter.
What would it matter if you got to pick your own?
What if you want a number that's easier to remember?
What if your PPS number is your abusive ex's birth date?

It makes hardly a note of difference so why are you so adamant your number should never be changed?

maudgonner · 05-02-2016 6:15pm

eeguy wrote: »

Why would it be a problem? Sure it doesn't matter what your PPS number is. It's just a mostly unique series of numbers and a letter.
What would it matter if you got to pick your own?
What if you want a number that's easier to remember?
What if your PPS number is your abusive ex's birth date?

It makes hardly a note of difference so why are you so adamant your number should never be changed?

It should never be changed once you've started to use it. Otherwise it could screw up all kinds of records. Your PPS number is the most important official number you'll ever have and the system is based on the assumption that it doesn't change.

Changing it for a baby, very soon after it's been issued might be different.

ohnonotgmail · 05-02-2016 6:18pm

eeguy wrote: »

Why would it be a problem? Sure it doesn't matter what your PPS number is. It's just a mostly unique series of numbers and a letter.
What would it matter if you got to pick your own?
What if you want a number that's easier to remember?
What if your PPS number is your abusive ex's birth date?

It makes hardly a note of difference so why are you so adamant your number should never be changed?

because the PPSN is in a particular format that includes a check digit and is understood and can be validated by every piece of software that records it. You think we should change all of this software because you cant remember it or you have assigned some special meaning to it? this is the most ridiculous thing i've heard today. and its been a trying day.

Fleawuss · 05-02-2016 6:18pm

Tell her the beast never answers the phone anyway.
Tell her the beast was sold at the mart.
Tell her that the Archangel Melodeon appeared to Joan Burton in a dream and told her that the beast changed its number a few years back.
Tell her to FCUK off.

_Kaiser_ · 05-02-2016 6:25pm

Many Garda stations in Dublin have 666 in their phone numbers - make of that what you will! :eek:

Should department agree to change Mark of the beast PPS Number ?

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