Let us take the worth of 6:
In religion
The Day that God created Man
The number of points on a Star of David
The number of orders of the Mishnah
The number of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate
The Jewish holiday of Shavuot starts on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan
#6, the pseudonym of American musician Shawn Crahan, when performing with Slipknot
The number of strings on a standard guitar
The number of basic holes or keys on most woodwind instruments (e.g., pennywhistle, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon). These holes or keys are usually not given numbers or letters in the fingering charts
"Six geese a-laying" were given as a present on the sixth day in the popular Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
In sports
In American and Canadian Football, the number of points received for a touchdown
In rugby union, the position of blindside flanker
In football/soccer, the number of AC Milan's legendary centre back and captain Franco Baresi. The shirt was retired in 1997.
In football/soccer, the number of Arsenal's legendary centre back and captain Tony Adams. The shirt was retired in 2002 on his retirement but has recently been passed on to Philippe Senderos.
In football/soccer, the number of Roy Keane for the Irish International Squad.
In football (soccer), the number of substitutes combined by both teams, that are allowed in the game.
In baseball, six represents the shortstop's position
In Australian Rules football, six points are received for a goal
In cricket (See cricket terminology):
a "six" or "sixer" is a shot in which the ball clears the boundary without bouncing, scoring six runs
there are six balls to an over
In ice hockey, the number of players per team, including the goaltender, that are on the ice at any one time, excluding penalty situation.
And..... The number of cans of soda or beer in a six-pack!!! Does that make us a sureshot winner in beer guzzling ??
Monday, November 3, 2008
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