Swedish humor (was Re: [AT] Some ads from the 10/8LancasterFarming

[Larry D. Goss]

At the university, I was in charge of a graduate program in Industrial
Management for nearly 15 years.  During that time, we developed a number
of new courses and added them to the program.  As is customary, there is
a convention that is supposed to be followed so that if you know the
course number and the significance of each digit, you can tell what
level it is, the semester and frequency with which it is offered, which
specialization it is associated with, etc.    The abbreviation for the
department is IM so by following all the rules we ended up with a course
numbered IM 666.  We didn't think anything of it until we couldn't get
any students to enroll in it, and much to our consternation we couldn't
even get a faculty member to agree to teach it.  After a few years of
significant lack of success with the course, we finally had it taken out
of the catalog.

Larry

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:51 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: Swedish humor (was Re: [AT] Some ads from the
10/8LancasterFarming

   I was in a store one day.  The clerk rang up the total for the guy in

front of me.  It came to $6.66.  She freaked out and begged him to buy 
something else so she could change the total.  She said she was afraid
to 
open the cash drawer on 666.  He bought a pack of cigarettes.  Wouldn't
have 
believed it if I hadn't seen it myself.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:59 AM
Subject: OT: Swedish humor (was Re: [AT] Some ads from the 10/8 
LancasterFarming


>I think, Mark, that Mattias was having a joke with the "satanic" 
>implications of the number 666. I suspect that he knows what a Farmall
666 
>is. That is called dry Swedish humor...
>
> Mike
>
> Mark Greer wrote:
>> A 666 diesel is an International Farmall tractor. See the link below
for 
>> a
>> picture.
>> http://www.antiquetractors.com/contents/tpic2846.htm
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mattias Kessén" <mattias at linderson-mark-bygg.se>
>> To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 10:06 AM
>> Subject: SV: [AT] Some ads from the 10/8 Lancaster Farming
>>
>>
>>
>>>666 diesel $5,800 656 utility diesel $5,900; 826 hydro needs minor
work
>>>$5,000 1206 $6,000. No Sunday calls. Crawford Co. 814-763-6164.
>>>
>>>666 diesel and no sunday calls? I have no idea what kind of diesel it
is
>>
>> but
>>
>>>I have heard some heavy metal so it makes one wonder, and what if
that
>>>reverend (Phelps?) from Westboro hears of it?
>>>
>>>/Mattias
>
>
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