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| 666-6666 Phone number sold for $3.65m |
| 2006-05-24 |
| THE tiny Gulf state of Qatar, famed mainly for having the Arab world's largest reserves of natural gas, added another record to its name yesterday – one of the world's most expensive telephone numbers. At a charity event in the capital of Doha, a Qatari bidder paid $3.65 million for the mobile phone number 666-6666. The winner, who made the highest bid 10 minutes into the auction, declined requests for interviews. Eight people took part in the auction, organized by Qatar Telecom to help raise funds for charity, paying 3,000 Qatari riyals ($1094) per ticket. Funds from the ticket sales were given to a local charity, while the 10 million riyals from the sale of the number will be used to expand medical services. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #8 Probably the country's top Wahabist iman. Just so he can remember the number, he's going to get the first three digits tatooed on his forehead. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-05-24 19:00 |
| #7 Naw, no big deal. I own the bigger phone number 809-016-9943 |
| Posted by: 6 2006-05-24 17:59 |
| #6 Strange that these numbers [1,2,3...9,0] are Arabic numbers [and appearently the Arabs lifted them from India] that weren't adopted till after the real Reconquesta [1492]. Up till then Europe and bible publishers used the old Roman [I,II,III,..L,C,M..] numbering system. |
| Posted by: Phoper Chater3092 2006-05-24 16:38 |
| #5 .........or Hillary's........ |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-05-24 16:28 |
| #4 I thought that was "ammadinajihad's" number? |
| Posted by: Gene the Moron 2006-05-24 16:08 |
| #3 We're sorry. The number you have dialed has been disconnected, or is no longer is service. If you feel this recording is an error, you can come down here and check for yourself. |
| Posted by: Hell 2006-05-24 15:47 |
| #2 6 is gonna be devastated. |
| Posted by: Thack Flomp9016 2006-05-24 15:46 |
| #1 Believe me, it was worth it... |
| Posted by: Satan 2006-05-24 15:42 |